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Here's what's in the House foreign aid bills

The Republican foreign aid package passed a key procedural hurdle in the House on Friday, after Democrats provided the necessary votes to offset dozens of GOP defections.

The House voted 316-94 to advance aid bills to Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine, setting up a Saturday vote on final passage.

In a rare occurrence, Democrats also stepped in Thursday night to help the majority party advance the bills out of the rules committee.

Three Republicans voted against the rule in committee — Reps. Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, and Chip Roy of Texas.

House Speaker MikeJohnson's proposal earlier this week to split up foreign aid into separate bills caused pushback from members within his own party, who pointed to promises Johnson had made not to move forward with a Ukraine aid bill without a measure to strengthen security along the U.S. southern border.

The foreign aid bills are similar to a $95 billion package that passed in the Senate in February.

Additionally, Johnson put forth a fourth bill aimed at implementing sanctions and policies to counter China, Iran and Russia. That was not part of the Senate version, but it may have momentum to go through alongside the foreign aid bills.

President Biden said in a statement Wednesday that he supports the package.

Here's a closer look at what's in these bills.

Increased aid to Israel

There were renewed calls for lawmakers to take up aid to Israel after Iran launched an unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend.

The House package would allocate $26.4 billion in aid for Israel to "defend itself against Iran and its proxies, and to reimburse U.S. military operations in response to recent attacks."

The Senate-passed packaged designated $14 billion for

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