Senate Advances $95 Billion Foreign Aid Bill, Does Not Include Border Security

The Senate has advanced a $95 billion foreign aid bill that provides funding for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and Gaza.

The bill advanced with a vote of 67-32, with several Republicans voting in support of the bill.

Republicans who advanced the bill include:

• Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
• Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
• Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
• Roger Wicker (R-MS)
• Todd Young (R-IN)
• Susan Collins (R-ME)
• Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
• John Kennedy (R-LA)
• John Thune (R-SD)
• Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
• Mitt Romney (R-UT)
• Joni Ernst (R-IA)
• Mike Rounds (R-SD)
• Thom Tillis (R-NC)
• John Cornyn (R-TX)
• Chuck Grassley (R-IA)

BREAKING: The Senate just voted 67-32 in favor of advancing a $95B foreign aid bill for Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, and Taiwan without the border provisions:

Republicans who voted in favor: Murkowski, McConnell, Cassidy, Wicker, Young, Collins, Capito, Kennedy, Thune, Sullivan,…

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) February 8, 2024

The bill advanced as a cloture vote, or a motion to limit debate as it moves to a final vote, according to Fox News.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told reporters after the vote, “Now that we are on the bill, we hope to reach an agreement with our Republican colleagues on amendments. For the information of senators. We are going to keep working on this bill until the job is done.”

A similar bill did not advance in the Senate.

A bipartisan border security bill that provided $70 billion for overseas aid failed in a vote of 49-50.

The bill would have provided $60 billion to Ukraine, $14 billion to Israel, and about $20 billion to the U.S. border.