President Biden initially proposed aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan in October.
Senators passed a crucial procedural vote with wide bipartisan support, signaling that the foreign aid package has the strength to pass a final vote. It also starts the senators' final debate clock, which will run for up to 30 hours unless they agree to hold the final vote earlier and get back to their regularly scheduled recess.
If the Senate officially passes the legislation in the final vote, it would then go to President Joe Biden, who already said he would sign it into law after theThe funding includes roughly $60 billion for Ukraine aid, $26 billion for Israel and $8 billion for Taiwan and Indo-Pacific security. to sell the social media platform or else face a national ban of the app. The provision would give ByteDance nine months to sell, though President Joe Biden could extend that timeline to a year.A source within the company said TikTok would pursue a "legal challenge" if the bill was signed into law, according to an internal memo obtained by NBC News.
The foreign aid package has also been the subject of deep GOP infighting, a major reason that the legislation has been deadlocked on Capitol Hill since Biden first proposed it inHouse Republicans like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., have threatened to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., in part for passing this foreign aid, calling it aon X. In March, she filed a motion to vacate the speaker but has yet to follow through on forcing a vote.
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