Senate Advances Ukraine, Israel Aid Package Without Border Measures

This comes one day after the Senate failed to advance a similar bill that included border and immigration provisions.
Senate Advances Ukraine, Israel Aid Package Without Border Measures
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Jan. 26, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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The Senate advanced on Feb. 8 a supplemental bill that would give assistance to Israel, Ukraine, and the Indo-Pacific and address the fentanyl crisis in the United States—one day after failing to advance a similar bill that included border and immigration provisions.

The vote to move on to debate the $95.3 billion supplemental was 67–32, meeting the required 60-vote threshold for a successful vote. However, final passage is far from guaranteed, as there will be an amendment process; therefore, the process to a final vote will likely be weeks away.

Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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