Economics
IMF Bailout Fatigue Among Republicans Delays Ukraine Aid
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President Barack Obama’s plans to confront Russian aggression and aid Ukraine are complicated by a domestic roadblock: House Republicans wary of bailouts and suspicious of empowering the International Monetary Fund.
House Speaker John Boehner and other congressional Republicans say the increased IMF money isn’t necessary to help Ukraine. Instead, they say the White House is using the aid measure to persuade Congress to make changes to the IMF that have stalled since Republicans took the House majority in 2011.