U.S. Senate passes $95.3 billion of foreign aid in overnight session

Senators voted 70-29 early Tuesday morning to pass the emergency security spending package that includes funding for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Two Democratic senators and one Independent senator voted against the measure, while 22 Republican lawmakers joined the remaining Democrats to move it forward. A group of Republican senators, including Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., argued against the measure through the night before senators voted on the measure just before dawn. The supplemental includes about $60 billion in aid to Ukraine, about $14.1 billion in military support for Israel, $9.2 billion in humanitarian aid for Gaza, and approximately $8 billion for allies in the Indo-Pacific region. It will now move on to the House for consideration.

What is not included in the package? Last week, senators rejected a $118 billion package that included funding for additional security at the U.S.-Mexico border. The measure passed Tuesday has no funding for border security or immigration reforms in the United States.

Is the bill likely to pass in the House? Republicans in the House have signaled that they may not take up the measure. House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday criticized the Senate bill and said in a statement that the package should have prioritized national security over international aid. “In the absence of having received any single border policy change from the Senate, the House will have to continue to work its own will on these important matters,” he wrote. Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote in a statement last week that House Democrats may use “every available legislative tool” to advance “comprehensive” national security legislation. 

Dig deeper: Listen to Mary Reichard’s conversation with Carolina Lumetta on The World and Everything in It podcast about Republicans’ response to the National Security Supplemental.