This Week in History

October 23, 1941, the Senate passed a supplemental Lend-Lease bill of $5.98 billion. This action brought the United States closer to direct involvement in World War II. The Lend-Lease Act was approved by Congress in March. It gave President Roosevelt nearly unlimited authority to direct war materials and food to the war effort in Europe without violating the U.S. position of neutrality.

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