Today: Senate Votes On Advancing Foreign Aid Bills

April 23, 2024 Ukraine, United States

The Senate is poised to vote Tuesday to advance the $95 billion aid package to provide critical aid to Ukraine and a provision that could lead to a nationwide ban on TikTok.

The package, which passed the House on Saturday, includes $60 billion in aid to Ukraine that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said would give his country “a chance at victory” against Russia. It includes $26 billion in aid to Israel and humanitarian relief in Gaza, in addition to $8 billion for security in Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific.

And it would give TikTok’s China-based parent company nine months, which the president could extend to a year, to sell the popular social media platform or be banned in the U.S.

Read the full article. Today’s won’t be the final vote.

Senate to hold key test vote on Ukraine aid, Israel funding and TikTok ban https://t.co/G5eFCqNaRQ

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