The US Senate approved a $1.2 trillion budget bill.

The US Senate, following the House of Representatives, supported a bill that would allocate about $1.2 trillion to continue the work of several federal departments until the end of the fiscal year, follows from the broadcast of the vote.

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74 senators spoke in favor of the initiative, 24 legislators were against it.

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The document provides for the allocation of $300 million to Ukraine, as well as $3.3 billion to Israel.

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US President Joe Biden signed a new temporary budget to replace the previous short-term one; on March 22, lawmakers must agree on the second part of allocations for activities in the field of defense, finance, homeland security and foreign operations, otherwise the responsible departments face a suspension of work.