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The Constitution of Ukraine stipulates that the Verkhovna Rada is authorized to fulfil its functions under the condition that at least two-thirds of its constitutional composition (300 or more people's deputies) are elected. [34] In Ukraine there are no requirements for the minimum number of signatures (of deputies) to register a bill. [35]
Spartz (second from left) joins President Biden, Rep. Elissa Slotkin, Vice President Harris, and Senator Ben Cardin for the signing of the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022. May 2022. Spartz called the Russian invasion of Ukraine starting in early 2022 "a genocide of the Ukrainian people by a crazy man". [56]
The first Ukrainian Women’s Congress took place on 22–23 November 2017 with the support of Equal Opportunities inter-party caucus. [2] The Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman spoke at the Congress [3] and more than 300 women and men took part in the event. Olena Kondratiuk, a member of parliament, greeted the participants:
She served three sessions in the statehouse before her election to Congress. In an emotional news conference in 2022, Spartz called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a “ genocide.” She described bombings her grandmother and friends in Ukraine had witnessed.
Most New York House members voted to send Ukraine and Israel billions in aid and for a potential TikTok ban, but each party had several dissenters.
Spartz immigrated to the United States in 2000 and became an American citizen in 2006. In 2020, she became the first Ukrainian-born person to be elected to Congress.
The politics of Ukraine take place in a framework of a semi-presidential republic and a multi-party system. A Cabinet of Ministers exercises executive power (jointly with the president until 1996). Legislative power is vested in Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian: Верховна Рада, lit. 'Supreme Council').
Instead she has called for better oversight of U.S. funds and opposed giving “blank checks” to the Ukrainian cause. She says U.S. border security should be a bigger priority. That puts her more in line with conservative House Republicans and more notably with voters in her deeply conservative central Indiana congressional district.