WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Republicans of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday blocked a procedural vote on a bill that included funding for Ukraine and Israel amid their respective conflicts, citing a lack of policy changes in the measures to improve security on the U.S.-Mexico border. Bern...
Though the Senate last monthapproveda supplemental funding package that includes aid to Ukraine, along with other U.S. allies, Speaker Mike Johnson had refused to bring up the legislation for a vote in the lower chamber, saying that the House would find its own path forward. ...
The Senate vote came after a small group of Republicans opposed to the $60 billion for Ukraine held the Senate floor through the night, using the final hours of debate to argue that the U.S. should focus on its own problems before sending more money overseas. But 22 Republic...
Support for Ukraine is stronger among Senate GOP leaders and key incoming House chairmen. Still, even the nearly $45 billion in additional Ukraine funding Biden touted on Wednesday is part of a year-end spending bill that McCarthy and House Republican leaders are rallying their side to opp...
The bill faces continued opposition from many Republicans, who have pushed for the inclusion of funding for domestic security on the southern border. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday said that the latest iteration of the bill had failed to meet those demands, adding it "sho...
U.S. Senators on Sundayvoted to advance a$95 billion aid packageto fundUkraine,IsraelandTaiwan, signaling that the vital funding will likely have the votes to pass after prolonged and fraught negotiations. The proceedings will likely carry into next week before a final vote, which would spill ...
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Johnson has refused to hold a vote on a bipartisan Senate bill that includes funding for the border in addition to aid for Ukraine and Gaza. Schumer also said that the group discussed how failure to support Ukraine could leave NATO fractured and turn allies away from US leadership. “The ...
Johnson has refused to hold a vote on a bipartisan Senate bill that includes funding for the border in addition to aid for Ukraine and Gaza. Schumer also said that the group discussed how failure to support Ukraine could leave NATO fractured and turn allies away from US leadership. “The ...