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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?Congressional supporters of Ukraine say they won ;t give up after a bill to keep the federal government open excluded President Joe Biden request to provide more security assistance to the war-torn nation.Still, many lawmakers acknowledge that winning approval for Ukraine assistance in Congress is growing more difficult as the war between Russia and Ukraine grinds on. Republican resistance to the aid has been gaining momentum in the halls of Congress.Voting in the House this stanley de past week pointed to the potential trouble ahead. Nearly half of House Republicans voted to strip $300 million from a defense spending bill to train Ukrainian soldiers and purchase weapons. The money later was approved separately, but oppo stanley es nents of Ukraine support celebrated their growing numbers.Then, on Saturday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy omitted additional Ukraine aid from a measure to keep the government running until Nov. 17. In doing so, he closed the door on a Senate package that would have funneled $6 billion to Ukraine, roughly a third of what has been requested by the White House. Both the House and Senate overwhelmingly approved the stopgap measure, with members of both parties abandoning the increased aid for Ukraine in favor of avoiding a costly government shutdown.The latest actions in Congress signal a gradual shift in the unwavering support that the United States has so far pledged Ukraine in its fight against Russia, and it is one of the cleares stanley de t examples Deuo Testimony begins in officers trial over death of Elijah McClain, who was put in neck hold, sedated
BANGOR, Maine 鈥?Bangor Ho stanley uk using Development Corp. is closing in on the launch of a pair of projects that will bring about 34 new apartment units to the downtown area.On Monday, crews are scheduled to start the d stanley cup emolition of six buildings near the intersection of First and Davis streets, according to Mike Myatt, executive director of Bangor Housing. The aging buildings, some of which have structural issues and crumbling foundations, will be replaced with 24 townhouse-style apartment units.Bangor Housing also is preparing to rehabilitate a long-underused portion of one of Bangors most iconic downtown buildings 鈥?the former Freeses Department Store. Most of that building is already occupied. The top three floors are home to 39 assisted living apartment units, while a large portion of the bottom three floors along Main Street are home to the Maine Discovery Museum. The rear third of the building facing Pickering Square also was developed into elderly housing apartments.Another chunk of the building 鈥?the lower three floors at the intersection of Main and Water streets 鈥?also was supposed to be developed into condominium units by Realty Resources Management, but the group never completed the project. The city took over that portion of the building a year ago and began searching for someone to invest the money to do something with the lon taza stanley g-underused space.Bangor Housing threw its hat in the ring in April, offering to invest about $1 million to develop the remaining vacant space in t |
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