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Deirdre Walsh

Senate GOP blocks border bill, Democrats shift focus to Israel and Ukraine aid

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., discusses next steps for the foreign aid package for Ukraine and Israel on the day after the bipartisan Senate border security bill collapsed, at the Capitol in on Wednesday. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he will move to a "Plan B" to move aid to Ukraine and Israel following the failure of a vote to start debate on a bipartisan border security package.

Before the border vote Schumer, D-N.Y., released a new bill that stripped border provisions from the $118 billion bipartisan package. Schumer said he aimed to move forward with the legislation on Wednesday but the timing is unclear.

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