The Senate is returning to Washington to vote on $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine and Israel.
FILE - Activists supporting Ukraine, demonstrate outside the Capitol in Washington, April 20, 2024. They are taking the final steps in Congress to send the legislation to President Joe Biden 's desk after months of delays and contentious internal debate over how involved the United States should be abroad.
The package has had broad congressional support since Biden first requested the money last summer. But congressional leaders had to navigate strong opposition from a growing number of conservatives who question U.S. involvement in foreign wars and argue that Congress should be focused instead on the surge of migration at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Johnson said after House passage that “we did our work here, and I think history will judge it well." South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a longtime GOP hawk who voted against it in February because it wasn’t paired with legislation to stem migration at the border, praised Johnson after the vote and indicated he will vote for it this time. “The idea that the United States will be safer if we pull the plug on our friends and allies overseas is wrong,” he said on X.
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