Billions in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan — along with a bill to force TikTok’s Chinese parent company to sell the popular app — are headed to President Joe Biden’s desk after protests month late.
The Senate passed the $95 billion plan Tuesday by a wide bipartisan majority, with 15 Republicans and three Democrats voting against the legislation.
Republicans generally voted against the bill due to their long-standing opposition to aid to Ukraine, while Democrats opposed the bill due to the lack of conditions on aid. to Israel.
On Saturday, the House voted separately on four individual elements of the bill, a plan crafted by Speaker Mike Johnson that aimed to appease Republicans but also received plaudits from progressive Democrats.
This included a vote on a nearly $61 billion Ukraine aid bill, a more than $26 billion Israel aid bill, Taiwan aid and a bill combining a modified version of a previously approved TikTok bill, combined with a bill allowing the United States to seize Russian assets to fund aid to Ukraine.
37 Democratic lawmakers voted against aid to Israel, while 112 Republicans voted against aid to Ukraine. 21 House Republicans voted against both packages.
The bill is broadly similar to a $95.3 billion aid package passed by the Senate in February, shortly after a bipartisan border deal failed over opposition from the former president Donald Trump and other congressional Republicans.
Most Republican senators – as well as three Democrats – voted against the package.
But many of those Republicans, like Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, decided to support the new bill Tuesday, ending a months-long fight in Congress over foreign aid and border policy that revealed divisions within the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Republican parties.
Here are the 3 members of the Democratic caucus who voted against the bill:
Here are the 15 Republican senators who voted against the bill:
John Barrasso of Wyoming
Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee
Indiana’s Mike Braun
Ted Budd of North Carolina
Ted Cruz of Texas
Bill Hagerty of Tennessee
Missouri’s Josh Hawley
Ron Johnson of Wisconsin
Utah’s Mike Lee
Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming
Roger Marshall of Kansas
Marco Rubio of Florida
Eric Schmitt from Missouri
Rick Scott from Florida
J.D. Vance of Ohio
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