Live Updates: West’s Resolve to Block Russia Grows Amid Fears of a Protracted War

Catie Edmondson

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The measure allows President Biden to use a World War II-era law to quickly supply weapons to Ukraine on loan. The Senate passed the legislation unanimously this month.CreditCredit…Pete Marovich for The New York Times

WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday overwhelmingly passed legislation that would allow President Biden to use a World War II-era law to quickly supply weapons to Ukraine on loan, sending the measure to Mr. Biden’s desk hours after he urged Congress to approve tens of billions of dollars’ worth of additional emergency aid for Kyiv.

The 417-to-10 vote to invoke an extraordinary, eight-decade-old law created to battle Hitler reflected a growing bipartisan sense of urgency in Congress to bolster the Ukrainian…

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