Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is looking to quickly pass a $95 billion package with aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan roughly six months after President Biden made his request for additional aid in October 2023. 'Now it’s the Senate’s turn, and the finish line is now in sight,' Schumer said in a statement following the House's passage of separate aid bills for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
The House passed the measures on Saturday, more than two months after the Senate passed a different version of the foreign aid package. With this goal of swift Senate passage in mind, Schumer didn't wait until the House had approved the package before he began working on it.
According to a source familiar, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is leading a push to table the so-called 'amendment tree,' which would prevent Schumer from predetermining which amendments would be considered. Instead, it would allow senators to take their amendments to the chamber floor in regular order. In Senate terms, 'filling the amendment tree' refers to a process by which a certain number and type of amendments are offered under Senate precedents.
It's unclear what level of support they have garnered for this effort. It would take a simple majority of 51 votes to table the amendment tree. Despite this opposition to the current package, a senior GOP Senate source told Fox News Digital that the previous aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan passed with 70 votes. Only 29 voted against it. And while certain changes have been made, the source said the bills are likely to move quickly as Schumer intends.
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