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The vote on final passage early Tuesday morning of the $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific was 70 in favor to 29 opposed. The upper chamber pushed through a number of procedural hurdles in recent days, remaining in Washingtonthrough the weekenddespite a planned re...
Senate leaders are attempting to push forward a deal to pair new policies at the southern border with wartime aid for Ukraine and other American allies, but they will have to overcome heavy skepticism from Republicans.
WASHINGTON, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to pass a foreign aid package that included long-stalled aid for Israel and Ukraine. The measure, totaling 95 billion U.S. dollars, was passed by a vote of 79 to 18. Having cleared the House on Saturday, the legislat...
By a vote of 51-49, Senate Republicans Friday defeat a Democratic effort to call witnesses at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. It's unclear what happens next.
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“There’s still a possibility of a vote today," Scalise added. Two Republican lawmakers who spoke with Johnson on Friday said they do not expect House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to help pass the second option, though it's unclear if Democrats would back the first plan. Some Democrats...
. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania, wasn’t at Thursday’s meeting, though Guest brushed off her absence and said “it’s not uncommon” for members to not be able to attend. Wild expressed frustration with Guest after the panel's last closed-door meeting, saying he had mischaracterized a vote...
Without Democratic help, the separate aid bills for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan— which together closely mirror a bipartisan, Senate-passed foreign aid bill — have no chance at even coming up for a vote. Johnson has said he'll move the package through the regular process, meaning it ha...
But it looks like a Polish-American vote that’s activated by the war in Ukraine didn’t materialize. In heavily Polish American Portage County, Wisconsin — where in 1917 regiments of Polish American men were organized to fight under a Polish flag in Europe — Harr...