On Tuesday, hundreds of pro-Ukraine activists, including a Ukrainian soldier using his vacation time, were on Capitol Hill to reverse that trend, urging lawmakers to support President Joe Biden's proposal for an additional $60 billion in aid, much of it to replenish depleted US arms stockpiles, and other legislation aimed at undermining Russia's war effort. A majority of Republican lawmakers are no longer so sure, at least publicly, that defending Kyiv from the Kremlin is in America's strategic interests. On the day of their meeting, the House of Representatives was still without a speaker, in part due to an internal GOP fight over Ukraine. The pair of activists - Paige Barrows, who fell in love with Ukraine while serving in the Peace Corps, returning a few months back to deliver humanitarian aid, and Ryan Meyer, who quit an office job in Oklahoma to spend most of the last year helping deliver supplies to front-line communities - were in Washington with hundreds of others for a summit aimed at bolstering support in both parties for providing the means for Kyiv to beat back the Russian invasion.
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