The US Senate on Tuesday passed a $95.3 billion foreign aid bill to Ukraine and Israel, among others. That American media report Tuesday. The House of Representatives must still approve the bill. That could take weeks or months. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Republican Mike Johnson, opposes the bill and believes that the United States should stop providing foreign aid unless it is a loan.
The foreign aid package will be used to support Ukraine in the fight against Russia ($60 billion), provide security assistance to Israel ($14.1 billion) and provide humanitarian aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip ($9.2 billion). billion dollars). Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific region will also receive support to counter China, receiving $4.8 billion from the aid package. “For us in Ukraine, continued American assistance helps save lives from Russian terror,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a message on X.
The bill was passed with 70 votes, with 29 senators opposed. Nearly all Democrats in the Senate were in favor, as were 22 Republicans. “It has been years, perhaps even decades, since the Senate passed a bill that has such a major impact, not just on our national security, and not just on the security of our allies, but the security of Western democracy Democratic Senate President Chuck Schumer said in the audience.