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Eric McDaniel

Senate advances military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

The Senate voted with a wide bipartisan margin to approve a foreign aid package despite signs from Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., that the bill will not get a vote in the House. (Catie Dull/NPR)

A bipartisan majority in the U.S. Senate voted 70-to-29 to advance a $95 billion foreign aid package, despite warnings from House Republicans that the bill may never receive a vote.

The package contains no changes to U.S. border policy, despite early insistence by Republicans that they would not support foreign aid provisions — which provide military support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan — without substantial changes to the Biden administration's border policies.

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