Republican Senators Continue to Push for Revisions to Ukraine-Israel Aid Bill – The New York Times

An emergency spending bill to speed military assistance to Ukraine and Israel faces its next critical hurdle in a rare Sunday vote, as Republican senators continue to jockey for a chance to make politically divisive revisions to the legislation.

The $95 billion measure, which would also fund humanitarian assistance for civilians in conflict zones and address threats to the Indo-Pacific region, easily cleared a series of test votes last week with bipartisan support, even though G.O.P. senators had voted to kill a previous version of the bill that included measures to address border security.

Some of the Republican senators who have helped nudge the foreign aid bill along have warned that their support for its final passage a vote leaders hope to hold on Tuesday depends on having the ability to propose changes on the floor, including several related to the border. While they have acknowledged that it is unlikely such proposals could secure the 60 votes needed to amend the bill, the exercise of voting on them still allows them to show the G.O.P. base and former President Donald J. Trump, whose criticism doomed the earlier version that they tried to force the changes through.

But by Sunday morning, party lawmakers had yet to complete a list of potential revisions that Democratic leaders would accept.

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