Senate passes $95B aid package for Ukraine and Israel, but fate in House is uncertain

The Senate on Tuesday finally passed a sweeping $95 billion supplemental package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan in a decisive 70-29 vote — but the bill is expected to be all but DOA when it hits the House.

After months of strife over whether to OK the controversial aid package, senators burned through the midnight oil and overcame a filibuster to approve it in the wee hours Tuesday.
But the bill — which does not include provisions to crack down on lawless border crossings — now faces a seemingly improbable pathway through the GOP-controlled House of Representatives given the vocal opposition from as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).

“I hope the speaker will find a way to allow the House to work its will on the issue of Ukraine aid and the other parts of the bill as well,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday, according to Politico.

But Johnson said in a statement Tuesday, “The mandate of national security supplemental legislation was to secure America’s own border before sending additional foreign aid around the world.

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