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Fresh US Senate Border-Ukraine Bill Faces Republican Buzzsaw

US President Joe Biden (second R) threw his full support behind a bipartisan Senate deal that unlocks billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine and Israel in exchange for a tighter border laws. (Credit: AFP)

US senators on Sunday released the text of a much-anticipated deal that would unlock billions in new aid for Ukraine and Israel while tightening US border laws, but the top House Republican quickly vowed to shoot it down.

The national security supplemental provides for $118.3 billion in total funding, including $60 billion to support war-torn Ukraine, matching the White House's request, and $14.1 billion in security assistance to Israel, according to a summary released by Senate Appropriations Committee chair Patty Murray.

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