Senate Passes $95 Billion Foreign Aid Package For Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan

The Senate understands the responsibilities of America’s national security and will not neglect them. And today, on the value of American leadership and strength, history will record that the Senate did not blink.

My full statement: https://t.co/5sOkPQfWKF

— Leader McConnell (@LeaderMcConnell) February 13, 2024

Senator Mitt Romney on the $96 billion foreign aid package: “Most important vote we will ever take as US Senators” pic.twitter.com/wnoVubhJEC

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 13, 2024

At the same time that world leaders play armchair general with the Ukraine conflict, their own societies are decaying.

Not a single country – not even the US – within the NATO alliance has birthrates at replacement level. We don’t have enough families and children to continue as… pic.twitter.com/reevZmymvA

— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) February 12, 2024

NC’s @SenThomTillis defends $96 billion Ukraine/Israel/Taiwan bill: “We know how weak [Russia’s] military is, 10:1 ratio of Ukrainians to Russian soldiers dead … 87 percent of their ready forces when Putin started this war. Putin is losing this war, folks. This is not a… pic.twitter.com/qIznVMdLHw

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) February 13, 2024

22 of your Republican Senators worked all night to approve more deficit spending to send to Ukraine, Gaza, and Taiwan. They were not willing to work that hard to secure the border or hold the Biden regime’s runaway spending in check before Thanksgiving or Christmas. Only Ukraine…

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) February 13, 2024

The vote on the latest Ukraine aid bill is a tale of two GOPs. The 22 “Yes” votes that joined Democrats to send another $60 billion to Zelensky while our border gapes like an open wound have an average age of 68.95 years old.

The 26 Republicans who voted “No” have an average age…

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) February 13, 2024

My statement on Senate’s failure to address the most critical aspect of national security supplemental legislation: pic.twitter.com/ENjJ0WzKsK

— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) February 13, 2024

As things stand today, a minority of Senate Republicans voted with Mitch McConnell to pass the $95 billion foreign aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. He couldn’t persuade a majority of his own caucus to support it. House Speaker Mike Johnson is opposed to holding a vote on it.

Axios:

“The Senate finally passed a $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific early Tuesday morning.

Why it matters: The tortured proceedings have put on display a divided Republican party, with a growing faction embracing isolationist views at odds with the GOP establishment. …

Zoom in: The package passed 70-29, with 22 Republicans supporting it. Two Democrats — Sens. Peter Welch (Vt.) and Jeff Merkley (Ore.) — opposed the bill over concerns around its aid for Israel, as did Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). …”

The bill could still pass through a discharge petition.

The fate of the bill now turns on whether a minority of House Republicans are bold enough to defy Trump and House leadership and vote with Democrats to Stand With Ukraine.

Axios:

“The Senate’s overwhelming passage of a $95 billion foreign aid package Tuesday morning has backed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) into a corner. …

What we’re watching: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) vowed Tuesday to “use every available legislative tool” to pass funding for Ukraine, Israel and Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

The statement was widely viewed as a reference to a “discharge petition,” a once-obscure method of allowing 218 members — a bipartisan majority — to circumvent the speaker and force a House vote. …”

We will see.