Senate Republicans Block $66 Billion in Ukraine Aid Over Immigration Clash
- Prospects darken for passing Ukraine aid before year-end
- Biden says willing to make ‘significant compromises’ on border
President Joe Biden
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Senate Republicans blocked $66 billion in emergency Ukraine aid, heightening the risk US funding for the country’s war effort will run dry as a partisan stalemate over immigration policies persists in Washington.
No Republicans supported the procedural motion to consider the bill, which failed Wednesday 49 to 51, well short of the 60 votes needed. The $111 billion national security funding package also included assistance for Israel, Taiwan and stepped-up US border enforcement.