In May, 57 Republicans in the 435-seat House of Representatives and 11 in the 100-seat Senate voted against a stand-alone aid package, and polls indicate Republican support for continued assistance has eroded since then. In a survey conducted in November, just over half of Republican voters supported aid to Ukraine - down from 80% in March. Some Republicans on the midterm election campaign trail last month openly wondered why the US was spending so much money on a distant country, instead of funding border security and fighting crime at home.
