Senate tanks immigration, foreign aid spending package after GOP backlash against border provisions
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The Senate voted down a package on Wednesday that would have packed together aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, in addition to U.S. border security measures, after it drew massive GOP opposition.
Republicans voting yes were Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, James Lankford, R-Okla., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Mitt Romney, R-Utah. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
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The package had been negotiated for months by Sens. Lankford, Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Krysten Sinema, I-Ariz., and Biden administration officials — and it was unveiled on Sunday evening. The $118 billion package included $60 billion for Ukraine, $14 billion for Israel, aid to Taiwan and humanitarian assistance to Gaza, and $20 billion in measures to tackle the historic and ongoing crisis at the southern border. It came in response to a White House supplemental funding request submitted to Congress late last year.
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