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Senate Considers Foreign Aid Bill Without Border Provisions, House Vote On Israel Aid Fails

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, February 7th, 2024

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Senate Considers Foreign Aid Bill Without Border Provisions, House Vote On Israel Aid Fails

U.S. Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma joins Soldiers assigned to Multinational Battle Group-East, Dec. 18, at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo (US Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Caleb Barrieau)

A day after the House failed to pass its standalone Israel aid bill, the Senate was unable to move forward on its national security supplemental and is now set to consider a $95.3 billion version with foreign assistance but no border security provisions. The backup, slimmed-down bill with foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Indo-Pacific partners was unveiled on Wednesday afternoon just before Senate Republicans blocked a procedural vote to move forward on the larger $118 billion package with border…

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