Republicans, unable to reach agreement on a border deal, opted to move ahead without those provisions.
Republicans, unable to reach agreement on a border deal, opted to move ahead without those provisions.
  • The Senate approved a Ukraine and Israel aid bill — without any border provisions.
  • Republicans had demanded border security measures, only to reject them as insufficiently harsh.
  • 22 GOP senators, slightly less than half of the conference, joined most Democrats to pass the bill.

So much for that border security deal.

Early on Tuesday, the Senate passed a bill to provide billions in aid to Ukraine and Israel, setting up an eventual clash with House Republicans.