The US Senate will vote on military aid to Ukraine and Israel next week. This was announced on Thursday by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Reuters reported, UNN reported.
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According to Schumer, the Senate will postpone its vacation, which was to begin on Friday, and will reconvene on Monday to give negotiators time to to reach a deal.
The day before, US President Joe Biden called on lawmakers to pass an additional an additional $50 billion aid package for Ukraine's security needs. In addition, Biden emphasized that a decision should be made to allocate 14 billion dollars for Israel, which is waging a war against Hamas in Gaza.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, and the Johnson, as well as Republicans in the Senate, where Democrats have a majority, have repeatedly stated that they will only vote for this aid if it is combined with if it is combined with new controls on the US-Mexico border.
Any agreement reached in the Senate, which Democrats control by a majority of 51-49, must also receive approval from the House of Representatives, which Republicans control 221-213, before it can be passed into law. House lawmakers left Washington as scheduled on Thursday to begin their holiday vacation.
"We are making progress, and the White House is involved, and that's good. Everything is encouraging," Senator John Thune, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, told reporters, warning that "right now they're still discussing concepts."
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Nevertheless, some senators from both parties expressed concern.
Senator Tom Cotton, a Republican, said that the negotiators had made progress but remained "very far apart". Cotton said that Democrats have not put their proposals in writing and have ignored Republican demands to limit Biden's powers of parole, which Biden has used that Biden has used to allow hundreds of thousands of migrants to enter the United States legally. to enter the U.S. legally.