D-N.Y., has said he will tee up a procedural vote on the new aid package as soon as Wednesday, but it’s unclear whether it will even have the 60 votes needed to pass the upper chamber.
The House voted overwhelmingly to approve the aid bill for allies in the Indo-Pacific in a 385 to 34 vote, with one member voting present, along with the aid for Israel, with a 366 to 58 vote. More contentious was the vote on Ukraine aid, which came after months of infighting among H...
Whether the House would take up a Senate-passed foreign aid bill remains to be seen. Though Johnson, the speaker, was noncommittal last week when asked whether the lower chamber would vote on the bill, he clarified his position on Monday night. Hours ahead of the vote, he released a state...
"Instead, the Senate's foreign aid bill is silent on the most pressing issue facing our country," he said in a statement, adding that: "The House will have to continue to work its own will on these important matters." The Senate vote could be held as early as 7 a.m. EST on Tuesd...
"We will be coming back tomorrow at noon and, hopefully, that will give the Republicans the time they need," Schumer said on Wednesday. "We will have this vote." The security aid bill includes $61 billion for Ukraine as it battles a Russian invasion, $14 billion for Israel in its war...
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...
Sunday’s 67-27 vote to move forward on the $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other countries comes as former President Donald Trump is trying to kill the assistance.
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer celebrated the bipartisan success of the passage of the foreign aid package Tuesday evening during a late-night press conference following the vote. "It's not every day you can say you made the world truly a better place but I think the Senate...
Washington — President Biden urged House Republicans to "immediately" take up a $95 billion foreign aid bill that includes assistance to Ukraine and Israel after the Senate passed the measure early Tuesday, saying that "there's no question" that it would pass if brought to the House floor. ...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called on House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, to allow a vote on the Senate's foreign aid bill in the lower chamber. "I want to encourage the speaker again to allow a vote," the Kentucky Republican said Tuesday. "Let the House speak ...