The Senate approved the $95 billion foreign aid, bringing to a close a congressional standoff that sharply divided Republicans over the conflict in Ukraine.
Seventy-nine senators, including a decided majority of Republicans, voted to send the $95 billion defense bill to President Joe Biden’s desk. The HouseThe legislation provides over $34 billion to Israel and Taiwan, two U.S. allies that enjoy overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress. But the Ukraine portion, totaling more than $60 billion, became a political lightning rod that jeopardized the entire bill for months.
That stalemate ended on Saturday when Speaker Mike Johnson allowed the Senate bill, with some changes, to be brought up for a vote. The legislation marked a victory for McConnell, too. Several Republicans who opposed the defense bill in February voted in favor this time around, giving added legitimacy to the vote and serving as a rebuttal to a bloc of Ukraine skeptics in his conference.
Sen. Lindsey Graham , one of the Republicans who flipped his vote, expressed “regret” that the border was not addressed in the bill, citing opposition from the former president, but said, “We have to deal with what’s left for us to take care of in the world.”
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