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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Jonathan Yerushalmy

US military aid: what’s in the $95bn bill and why has it taken so long for Congress to pass?

The Senate passes the $95bn national security supplemental that includes aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan
The Senate passes the $95bn national security supplemental that includes aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

A sweeping foreign aid package overwhelmingly passed the US Congress late on Tuesday after months of delay.

The Senate voted 79 to 18 to approve four bills passed by the House of Representatives on Saturday that would guarantee $95bn in mostly military aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and US partners in the Indo-Pacific.

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