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.
The package consists of four bills that were voted on separately and will be combined into one before being sent to the Senate. The first three bills include $60.8 billion to help Ukraine in its war with Russia; $26.4 billion to support Israel, which is fighting Hamas and Iran; and $8.1...
“If House Republicans put the Senate supplemental (spending bill) on the floor, I believe it would pass today, reach the president’s desk tonight and Israel would get the aid it needs by tomorrow,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said in the Senate on Monday. Senate...
Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday he was confident the bill, which also provides assistance for Israel and U.S. allies in Asia-Pacific, could be passed. However, it remains strongly opposed by many Republicans, who say it has not included their demands for U.S. border securit...
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Trump has said little about funding for Israel, and was initially critical of Israel's response to Hamas and of Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu. He called Hezbollah "smart," but has since expressed more consistent support for Israel. The former president has suggested this war may not be...
The bill includes $60 billion to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia, $14.1 billion in security assistance for Israel, $9.2 billion in humanitarian assistance and $4.8 billion to support regional partners in the Indo-Pacific region in addition to other policy provisions, according to the...
The White House has said President Biden would veto House Republicans' proposed $14.3billion Israel aid bill over its Internal Revenue Service (IRS) budget cuts and exclusion ofassistance for Ukraine.A statement of administration policy on the House's bill notes Biden "strongly supports"providing ...
Push for massive aid bill for Ukraine, Israel Congress is looking at how to craft an aid package for Ukraine and Israel to make its way to the White House, but the $106 billion package is already meeting some resistance. FOX News Correspondent Doug Luzader has more from Washington with whom...
Related articleHere’s what aid the House bills would provide to Ukraine, Israel The bills, taken together, also add up to about $95 billion in aid – the same amount the Senate bill included – with an adjustment that $10 billion in Ukraine economic assistance is in the form of a repay...