The overwhelming bipartisan vote for the long-stalled $95.3 billion aid package capped a tortured journey for the legislation on Capitol Hill. President Biden is expected to quickly sign it.

The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday night to give final approval to a $95.3 billion package of aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending it to President Biden and ending months of uncertainty about whether the United States would continue to back Kyiv in its fight against Russian aggression.

The vote reflected resounding bipartisan support for the measure, which passed the House on Saturday by lopsided margins after a tortured journey on Capitol Hill, where it was nearly derailed by right-wing resistance. The Senate’s action, on a vote of 79 to 18, provided a victory for the president, who had urged lawmakers to move quickly so he could sign it into law.

And it capped an extraordinary political saga that raised questions about whether the United States would continue to play a leading role in upholding the international order and projecting its values globally.

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  • cosmicrookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    82·
    7 months ago

    Mixing support to Israel with the same bill as support to ukraine was a nasty move too. Is it just to save time? It makes no sense that they would do that

    • narp@feddit.deEnglish
      4·
      7 months ago

      It’s because the Republicans wouldn’t let a bill, that only supports Ukraine, pass. So this was a compromise.

        • narp@feddit.deEnglish
          3·
          7 months ago

          The (Rep.) speaker Mike Johnson went against the MAGAs and worked together with the Democrats to get it passed.
          But I doubt they would have gotten enough votes if they didn’t bundle it with the aid for Israel and the TikTok ban.

    • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      It’s done under the guise of saving time, but obviously people group things strategically. “Rubber stamp all of the things from Congress this week… And don’t worry about the tiny bill fund a black op that’s in there”.

    • porous_grey_matter@lemmy.mlEnglish
      22·
      7 months ago

      It’s because both of them serve the same US foreign policy goals. The ethics of one over the other don’t factor in to it at all.