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

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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