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De olhos bem fechados para a farra em Nova York

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Bolsonaro sumiu. Ficou deprimido e abandonou o emprego. Para o país, nada mudou, já que o futuro ex-presidente nunca foi muito afeito ao batente. Nos 4 anos de mandato, Bolsonaro se comportou como se estivesse em campanha eleitoral permanente, atacando adversários e as instituições, passeando de moto, jet ski e confraternizando com a sua criação de gado no cercadinho. A impressão que se tem é que em poucas semanas como presidente eleito, Lula já acumulou mais horas trabalhadas como presidente do que Bolsonaro nos quatro anos de mandato.

No noticiário, Lula já é tratado como presidente empossado. O destaque não tem sido o boicote do governo Bolsonaro ao processo de transição nem os milhares de criminosos que permanecem em frente aos quartéis pedindo um golpe militar para impedir a posse do novo presidente. O que tem dominado o noticiário é o mimimi dos Faria Limers com a sinalização de que Lula irá furar o teto de gastos — esse dispositivo anti-pobre que Temer instalou no governo — e a carona que o presidente eleito pegou no jatinho de um amigo empresário para ir à COP 27, no Egito.

Apesar de não haver qualquer crime na carona, de fato, não é prudente para um governante eleito viajar no jatinho de um grande empresário com grandes interesses. É óbvio que o fato deve ser noticiado, mas as circunstâncias em que ele ocorreu deveriam ser pesadas. O que se viu foi uma reação desproporcional, com o noticiário sendo tomado por manchetes e colunas de opinião histéricas, dando ares de crime ao episódio. O mesmo aconteceu quando Lula sinalizou que iria furar o teto de gastos para bancar os programas sociais, o que nada mais é do que uma promessa feita por ele em campanha. É um “mau começo”, disse o editorial da Folha e também os colunistões mais badalados da grande imprensa.

As circunstâncias não deram muitas opções para Lula participar do evento. A equipe da Polícia Federal, que faz a segurança do presidente eleito, recomendou um voo particular. Claro, ele não poderia embarcar em voo comercial e correr o risco de ser atacado por um bolsominion alucinado. Mas um voo particular ao Egito custa uma fortuna e o PT alega não ter recursos para financiar as viagens programadas para acontecer antes da posse. As verbas do fundo eleitoral também não poderiam ser usadas após a eleição. Diante da falta de opções, Lula calculou que seria melhor arcar com o custo político da carona do que ficar de fora de um evento de grande importância para o Brasil e o mundo.

O episódio ganhou as grandes manchetes e o escrutínio intenso do colunismo nacional. Houve manchete afirmando que a carona no jatinho “ofuscou” a passagem do presidente eleito pela COP 27, o que parece ser mais um desejo do que um fato. Lula, mesmo sem mandato, foi tratado como a grande estrela do evento pela imprensa internacional. O New York Times classificou sua passagem pelo evento como “exuberante”. A Bloomberg disse que ele foi “recepcionado como herói”. A Reuters afirmou que ele foi “recebido como um astro do rock”. O Brasil deixou de se tornar motivo de chacota internacional para voltar a ser tratado como um ator global relevante. Apenas no noticiário brasileiro o sucesso de Lula no Egito foi ofuscado pelas manchetes sobre o jatinho.

O escarcéu em torno da carona não contribui em nada para o país, mas alimenta o ego do jornalista viciado no doisladismo — aquele que sente uma necessidade mortal de mostrar ao público que é um profissional isento capaz de bater em Lula e Bolsonaro, mesmo que para isso seja necessário forçar a barra. Alimenta também o imaginário dos lunáticos criminosos que se aglomeram em frente aos quartéis e que não aceitam a vitória de Lula.

O estardalhaço em torno da viagem de um presidente que nem tomou posse foi inversamente proporcional ao barulho feito em torno da viagem que ministros do STF, o governador de São Paulo, o presidente do Banco Central e integrantes do TCU fizeram para Nova York para participar de um evento empresarial. O evento foi organizado pelo Lide, uma empresa de João Doria Jr. Esse episódio, sim, mereceria grande espaço na imprensa, mas pouco se falou. Revirei a internet atrás de textos críticos ao evento e só encontrei dois: uma coluna de Conrado Hubner, na Folha, e outra de Ricardo Mendonça, no Valor. A única coisa que ganhou destaque foram as agressões de bolsominions alucinados contra os juízes em solo americano. Sobre o evento em si, quase nada.

Mais da metade do STF foi para Nova York com tudo pago pela empresa do político e empresário João Doria Jr. Também não há crime nisso, mas a promiscuidade entre juízes do principal tribunal do país com empresários em solo estrangeiro deveria ser motivo de intenso escrutínio do jornalismo brasileiro.

Seis ministros estiveram presentes no convescote empresarial, representando mais da metade do Supremo, para falar sobre o tema “O Brasil e o respeito à liberdade e à democracia” sob a moderação do jornalista Merval Pereira. O evento foi patrocinado e apoiado por grandes bancos e empresas de diversos ramos de atividade: Banco Master, Acciona, Binance, Bracell, CNseg, Cosan, Eletra, J&F, Febraban, JHSF, Bradesco, Coelho da Fonseca e Grupo Safra. É no mínimo curioso que nenhuma das autoridades brasileiras presentes no convescote internacional, com exceção do chefe do Banco Central, tenha registrado a participação em suas agendas oficiais.

A empresa de Doria é especializada em conectar o empresariado com governantes e servidores públicos de alto escalão. Trata-se de uma empresa de lobby, uma atividade que não é regulamentada no Brasil, mas que Doria faz há muitos anos e só interrompeu quando decidiu pular para o lado político do balcão. Durante esse tempo, a empresa continuou sob o comando da sua família. Isso não deveria ser tratado com tanta naturalidade.

É desagradável ter que criticar o STF enquanto golpistas estão em frente aos quartéis pedindo o fechamento dele. Mas qual é o interesse para o país e para o povo brasileiro em ter mais da metade do tribunal confraternizando com a elite financeira, empresarial e política em um país estrangeiro? Absolutamente nenhum. Todos esses grandes empresários e políticos têm ou podem vir a ter algum interesse em casos julgados pelo STF. Como acreditar que haverá imparcialidade dos seis juízes presentes no evento quando um caso ligado a Doria ou seu grupo político cair no tribunal? E quando um caso do interesse dos grandes patrocinadores do evento tiver que ser julgado?

“Não basta ao juiz ser honesto, tem que parecer honesto”. Essa não é apenas uma frase de efeito. É um preceito básico da magistratura. É estranho que mais da metade do STF viaje com voo, hotel 5 estrelas, alimentação e transporte em Nova York pagos por grandes empresários e isso não ganhe as manchetes.

Essa flagrante promiscuidade foi tratada de forma lateral no noticiário, enquanto a viagem de um homem que ainda não exerce cargo público ganhou ares de escândalo. O fato é que Lula viajou para um evento de interesse público, enquanto o STF viajou para um evento de interesse privado. Mas apenas a viagem do presidente eleito mereceu destaque por parte dos jornalistões brasileiros que, curiosamente, são os mesmos que fecharam os olhos para os arbítrios da Lava Jato contra Lula e seu grupo político. Significa.

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Ghanaian girl cuts through jargon, delivers message at COP27

SHARM el-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — By their very nature, U.N. climate negotiations are filled with scientific and diplomatic jargon.

So, when 10-year-old Nakeeyat Dramani Sam spoke during a plenary session Friday with hundreds of delegates, her soft voice and direct message cut through the dryness, a reminder to negotiators and everybody listening that decisions made at climate talks can have a direct impact on people.

Talking about suffering in Ghana due to flooding, she held up a sign that said, “Payment Overdue.”

“I put a simple question on the table,” she said. “When can you pay us back? Because payment is overdue.”

Sam was talking about a thorny issue that has taken center stage over the last two weeks of negotiations at the summit called COP27, hosted in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Many developing nations are insisting that rich countries, which have contributed most to climate change because of high greenhouse emissions, compensate them for the damage.

In climate negotiations, the issue is called “loss and damage.” It’s a topic that produces a wide range of opinions and nuanced battle lines. Developed nations like the United States have resisted such calls for compensation, not wanting to be on the hook for what could be open-ended liability. China, also a high-carbon emitting country, supports the idea of rich nations contributing to such payments but doesn’t want to pay. On Thursday, the European Union put forward a proposal to create a fund for loss and damage. While the proposal gave negotiators something specific to chew on, it also likely deepened divisions.

Sam’s speech didn’t bother with the machinations of negotiations, but rather had the kind of frankness and freshness that comes natural to children.

She told the attendees that she had met with U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry earlier this week. Kerry had been nice, she said, and the meeting got her thinking about the future.

Her next sentence had humor in it, though she certainly didn’t mean for that.

“By the time I’m his age, God willing, it will be the end of this century,” she said, implicitly saying, as kids often do about adults, that Kerry was old. Kerry is 78.

Shortly after that came a powerful and direct message.

Talking about how scientists say the world has less than a decade left to continue polluting at today’s rates before the effects of global warming get much worse, Sam said: “Have a heart and do the math. It’s an emergency.”

When Sam finished speaking, she received a standing ovation.

In an interview afterward, Sam said that her environmentalism began a few years ago with a love for trees. She wrote a children’s book about trees in Ghana and to date has planted over 100 trees.

“I also call for action that every child must plant a tree,” she said, standing with her mother and aunt.

Sam said that she was a poet, and when prompted recited from memory a poem about climate change that ended with exhortations for rich countries to assume responsibility for historical climate damage and pay up. Children were the best people to deliver such messages, she said, because they would be around to suffer the consequences of warming planet.

“We are the future leaders, so when we talk people listen,” she said. “I don’t know about the adults because I’m not at their age. ”

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Garland names special counsel to lead Trump-related probes

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland named a special counsel on Friday to oversee the Justice Department’s investigation into the presence of classified documents at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate as well as key aspects of a separate probe involving the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and efforts to undo the 2020 election.

The move, which is being announced just three days after Trump formally launched his 2024 candidacy, is a recognition of the unmistakable political implications of two investigations that involve not only a former president but also a current White House hopeful.

Though the appointment installs a new supervisor atop the probes — both of which are expected to accelerate now that the midterm elections are complete — the special counsel will still report to Garland, who has ultimate say of whether to bring charges.

A senior Justice Department official disclosed the appointment on Friday but did not reveal the identity of the special counsel. Garland was expected to provide more details later in the afternoon.

Representatives for Trump, a Republican, did not immediately return messages seeking comment.

There was no immediate reason provided for the decision or for its timing. Garland has spoken repeatedly of his singular focus on the facts, the evidence and the law in the Justice Department’s decision-making and of his determination to restore political independence to the agency following the tumultuous years of the Trump administration.

And there does not seem to be an obvious conflict like the one that promoted the last appointment of a special counsel to handle Trump-related investigations. The Trump Justice Department named former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to lead the investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump 2016 presidential campaign.

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More Twitter workers flee after Musk’s ‘hardcore’ ultimatum

Twitter continued to bleed engineers and other workers on Thursday, after new owner Elon Musk gave them a choice to pledge to “hardcore” work or resign with severance pay.

Some took to Twitter to announce they were signing off after Musk’s deadline to make the pledge. A number of employees took to a private forum outside of the company’s messaging board to discuss their planned departure, asking questions about how it might jeopardize their U.S. visas or if they would get the promised severance pay, according to an employee fired earlier this week who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.

While it’s not clear how many of Twitter’s already-decimated staff took Musk up on his offer, the newest round of departures means the platform is continuing to lose workers just at it is gearing up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. one of the busiest events on Twitter that can overwhelm its systems if things go haywire.

“To all the Tweeps who decided to make today your last day: thanks for being incredible teammates through the ups and downs. I can’t wait to see what you do next,” tweeted one employee, Esther Crawford, who is remaining at the company and has been working on the overhaul of the platform’s verification system.

Since taking over Twitter less than three weeks ago, Musk has booted half of the company’s full-time staff of 7,500 and an untold number of contractors responsible for content moderation and other crucial efforts. He fired top executives on his first day as Twitter’s owner, while others left voluntarily in the ensuing days. Earlier this week, he began firing a small group of engineers who took issue with him publicly or in the company’s internal Slack messaging system.

Then overnight on Wednesday, Musk sent an email to the remaining staff at Twitter, saying that it is a software and servers company at its heart and he asked employees to decide by Thursday evening if they want to remain a part of the business.

Musk wrote that employees “will need to be extremely hardcore” to build “a breakthrough Twitter 2.0” and that long hours at high intensity will be needed for success.

But in a Thursday email, Musk backpedaled on his insistence that everyone work from the office. His initial rejection of remote work had alienated many employees who survived the layoffs.

He softened his earlier tone in an email to employees, writing that “all that is required for approval is that your manager takes responsibility for ensuring you are making an excellent contribution.” Workers would also be expected to have “in-person meetings with your colleagues on a reasonable cadence, ideally weekly, but not less than once per month.”

As of 7 p.m. Pacific Time, the No. 1 topic trending in the United States was “RIPTwitter” followed by the names of other social media platforms: “Tumblr,” “Mastodon” and “MySpace.”

Twitter did not respond to a message seeking comment.

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New improved versions of LodaRAT spotted in the wild

Cisco Talos spotted multiple updated versions of LodaRAT that were deployed alongside other malware families, including RedLine and Neshta.

Researchers from Cisco Talos have monitored the LodaRAT malware over the course of 2022 and recently discovered multiple updated versions that have been deployed alongside other malware families, including RedLine and Neshta.

The versions include new functionality to spread to attached removable storage, a new string encoding algorithm and the removal of “dead” functions

LodaRAT is written in AutoIt, the researchers pointed out that it is easy to obtain its original source code from the compiled binaries by using an AutoIt decompiler.

Samples of the LodaRAT discovered in the wild use function obfuscation and string encoding to prevent being analyzed. However, experts reported that there are many examples of malware that are not obfuscated, their analysis can allow threat actors to access to the original code and create their own variants of LodaRAT. Another weakness in the malware is the lack of encryption for C2 communications which makes it trivial to implement a custom C2 infrastructure.

“This ease of source code retrieval and customization has likely contributed to the proliferation of numerous variants and customized versions of LodaRAT.” reads the report published by Talos. “It is quite common to find altered versions of LodaRAT, and it should be expected that most samples will likely have some sort of alteration to the source code.”

One of the heavily altered versions of LodaRAT analyzed by Talos used a totally rewritten function that detects anti-malware processes. The new function searches for thirty different process names, but this new implementation is far less effective than the previous one because it will not detect a product that is not included in the list of processes to search for.

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The list of processes also includes discontinued security software such as ByteHero, and Norman Virus Control.

Many new malware versions also removed some functionalities to avoid detection.

“Many of the LodaRAT samples we analyzed have removed functionality in some way, which may be the author’s attempt to reduce detection rates. The most common removal appears to be the PowerShell keylogger typically found in earlier versions.” continues the report.

During their research, Talos experts observed the LodaRAT being delivered through a previously unknown variant of the commodity trojan Venom RAT.

The bundling of LodaRAT alongside Neshta and RedLine Stealer has also been something of a puzzle, although it’s being suspected that “LodaRAT is preferred by the attacker for performing a particular function.”

“Over the course of LodaRAT’s lifetime, the implant has gone through numerous changes and continues to evolve. While some of these changes appear to be purely for an increase in speed and efficiency, or reduction in file size, some changes make Loda a more capable malware. As it grows in popularity, it is reasonable to expect additional alterations in future.” concludes the report. “The ease of access to its source code makes LodaRAT an attractive tool for any threat actor who is interested in its capabilities.”

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Ukraine President Dismisses ‘Short Truce’ with Russia

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday dismissed the idea of a “short truce” with Russia, saying it would only make things worse.

“Russia is now looking for a short truce, a respite to regain strength. Someone may call this the war’s end, but such a respite will only worsen the situation,” the Ukrainian leader said in remarks broadcast at the Halifax International Security Forum.

“A truly real, long-lasting and honest peace can only be the result of the complete demolition of Russian aggression,” Zelensky said.

The White House said earlier in the day that only Zelensky can decide when to open peace talks with Russia, rejecting the notion that it was pressing Kyiv to negotiate an end to the nearly nine-month war sparked by Moscow’s February invasion.

General Mark Milley, the top US military officer, has however suggested in recent weeks that Kyiv could take advantage of battlefield victories over Moscow’s forces and open talks toward ending the conflict.

Milley said Wednesday that while Ukraine has achieved key successes, Moscow still controls some 20 percent of the country, and that it is unlikely Kyiv’s troops will force the Russians to quit the country soon.

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German soccer boss criticizes FIFA on human rights campaigns

AL-RUWAIS, Qatar (AP) — German soccer federation president Bernd Neuendorf has criticized FIFA for its attempts to restrict national teams’ political activities when it comes to human rights.

Speaking at Germany’s first news conference in Qatar ahead of the World Cup, Neuendorf said on Friday he was particularly annoyed by FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s letter two weeks ago urging teams to “focus on the football” and leave political issues aside.

“That the topic of human rights should now no longer play a role, that we are now concentrating here on football only, that irritated us to a certain extent and disturbed us,” Neuendorf said.

He added the federation had to send a signal to show it will not be silenced.

Neuendorf also referred to FIFA’s decision to ban the Denmark team from bearing the slogan “Human Rights For All” on training jerseys.

“That was declared as a political statement and therefore prohibited,” Neuendorf said. “We’re not talking about a political decision that can be made one way or the other with a slogan like ‘Human Rights For All.’ It’s about human rights. And human rights are universal and binding all over the world.”

Neuendorf said Germany was cooperating with other European federations who want their captains to wear an armband with a rainbow heart design during World Cup games to protest against discrimination.

“It’s not a political statement, because it’s a statement for human rights,” said Neuendorf, who added if it was banned, “I would be quite prepared to accept a fine as well.”

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UN climate talks drag into extra time with scant progress

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — United Nations climate talks ran into extra time on Saturday with little sign of a breakthrough, as negotiations remain hung up on key issues including funds for the loss and damage suffered by poorer vulnerable countries hit by extreme weather.

Officials from country delegations arrived at the sprawling conference zone, now mostly empty, for another day of negotiations.

“Negotiations went all through the night,” said Egyptian diplomat Wael Aboulmagd, who heads the Egyptian delegation. “We needed to finalize some of the documents.”

Britain’s Alok Sharma, who chaired last year’s talks in Glasgow, said his team was going to “have a ⁠⁠look and see what the latest text is but the key point is: it needs to be ambitious and it needs to be balanced.”

In a setback, top U.S. climate envoy John Kerry tested positive for COVID-19 though he only has mild symptoms and is working by phone with his negotiating team and foreign counterparts, his spokesperson said late Friday.

An official speaking of behalf of the African group of negotiators said they knew little.

“We keep hearing of nightlong side meetings to break the deadlock but we have not been involved and we are waiting to see what it is they will come up with before we decide,” they said.

There was also growing frustration among negotiators about the way the Egyptian presidency was chairing the talks. Some bemoaned a lack of transparency in the consultations while others said the process was unpredictable compared to previous talks.

The meeting known as COP27 opened two weeks ago and had been scheduled to wrap up on Friday but looks set to drag on through the weekend.

Many of the more than 40,000 attendees have left town, and workers started packing up the vast pavilions in the sprawling conference zone.

COP meetings have evolved over the years to resemble trade fairs, with many countries and industry groups setting up booths and displays for meetings and panel discussions.

At many stands, chairs were stacked neatly ready for removal, and monitors had been removed, leaving cables dangling from walls. Pamphlets and booklets were strewn across tables and floors. Snack bars, which the Egyptian organizers said would remain open through the weekend, were emptied out.

At the youth pavilion, a gathering spot for young activists, a pile of handwritten postcards from children to negotiators was left on a table, in what was perhaps an apt metaphor for the state of play as the talks made scant progress.

“Dear COP27 negotiators,” read one card. “Thankyou for going to COP27 this year. I hope you can bring more back this time. Don’t forget to mention keeping it at 1.5, having big heatwaves this year and keep fight for a good planet.”

An occasional gust of wind from the open doors nearby blew some of the cards onto the floor.

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Theodora Tongas contributed to this report.

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COP27 negotiators push for deal in overtime climate talks

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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -Negotiators made their final push for a deal at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt on Saturday, trying to bridge divisions over funding relief for climate change disasters and commitments for long-term climate action.

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FILE PHOTO: Nakeeyat Dramani Sam holds up a placard at an informal stocktaking session during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 18, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo

With the talks already in overtime, officials from both the European Union and the Netherlands said they were worried about a lack of progress overnight, and said they feared the summit may backtrack from parts of a climate deal agreed in Glasgow, Scotland, last year.

The outcome of the conference, which was meant to end on Friday, is widely seen as a test of global resolve to fight climate change, as a war in Europe and rampant consumer inflation distract international attention.

Dutch climate minister Rob Jetten said many countries were unhappy at lack of progress on commitments to cut climate-warming emissions to keep global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius – the threshold at which scientists say the effects of climate change will get much worse.

“It’s simply not good enough,” Jetten told Reuters on the sidelines of the summit. “We’re still waiting for some texts, but it feels like we’re backtracking on Glasgow and that will be unacceptable.”

An official draft of the agreement released Friday reaffirmed past commitments to limit warming to 1.5C.

But it did not meet demands by some, including the European Union and Britain, for an overall deal that locks in country commitments for more ambitious efforts to curb climate-warming emissions.

It also did not take on a suggestion by India and the EU to ask countries to phase down all fossil fuel use, instead of just coal. The proposal has faced resistance by resource-rich countries, especially in Africa.

Friday’s draft left other issues unresolved, including the main sticking point between rich and poor nations of how to compensate countries already ravaged by climate-driven floods, droughts, mega-storms and wildfires.

EU climate policy chief Frans Timmermans called on negotiators to reach an agreement that advances previous deals.”The EU is united in our ambition to move forward and build on what we agreed in Glasgow. Our message to partners is clear: We cannot accept that 1.5C dies here and today,” he said on Twitter.

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Congress Republican’s Seek Stricter Control of Ukraine Aid

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U.S. House Republicans critical of aid provided to Ukraine during the ongoing war with Russia introduced a privileged resolution on Thursday, Nov. 17, to audit the funds allocated by Congress. 

The resolution is being led by Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and supported by a group of GOP lawmakers. House and Senate lawmakers from both sides of the aisle supportive of continued U.S. assistance to Ukraine say these colleagues are part of a minority.

But the resolution, which calls for preserving administration documents and communications related to Ukraine funding distribution, speaks to other criticisms among some Republican lawmakers who support aid to Ukraine but say more oversight is needed.

It will be submitted to the appropriate committee, where members will have 14 business days to either reject it or approve it for voting on the House floor in accordance with Greene’s privileged resolution introduction. The proposal will likely be rejected by Democrats in order to keep it from moving to the House floor, though it is not yet certain which House panel will take it up.

If the proposal is not raised in the committee within that period, Greene has the option of requiring a House floor vote on the measure without it being reported to by a committee.

Greene said she is ready to reintroduce the resolution in the new Congress, in  which the Republicans will have a small majority.

“I’ll introduce this resolution again, but I’ll also be calling for a full audit. We voted ‘no’ to send money over there, but we’re also going to audit what’s happening in Ukraine,” she said Nov. 17.

The Biden administration has so far provided more than $20 billion in military assistance to Kyiv, as well as about $10 billion in humanitarian assistance and about $13 billion in economic assistance.

President Biden has urged Congress to set aside an additional $37.7 billion for Ukraine.

 

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