It's Time To Put America First

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It's Time To Put America First
Economic Policy | Foreign Policy
by Thom Hartmann | March 28, 2014 - 10:45am

Earlier today, the Senate and the House passed a bill that would give the new government in Ukraine $1 billion in loans and $100 million in direct aid.

Today's vote came just a day after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that he would drop controversial IMF reforms from the Ukraine aid bill, guaranteeing Republican support.

Ukraine's new government has been in power a little over a month, and now it's secured itself a nice little lifeline from Washington.

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Meanwhile, more than 2 million jobless Americans are still struggling to pay their bills after losing their unemployment benefits three months ago at the end of December.