Senate moves forward with Israel, Ukraine funding after vote on Super Bowl Sunday

• Sixty-seven senators voted to move forward with a $95 billion aid package to fund Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, which will continue the slow-going process of negotiation that could cut into the Senate's scheduled two-week recess.
• The process could be expedited if all 100 senators agree to an accelerated timeline, but holdouts like Republican Sen. Rand Paul have been staunch about delaying the process.
• A $118 billion version of the bill failed on the Senate floor Wednesday due to contentious border security provisions, which led senators to hold a vote on the new $95 billion version.

Senators on Sunday voted to move forward with a $95 billion aid package to fund Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, a positive sign that the long-awaited foreign aid could have the votes to pass after a weekend of slow-going negotiations.

"I can't remember the last time the Senate was in session on Super Bowl Sunday, but as I've said all week long, we're going to keep working on this bill until the job is done," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Sunday on the Senate floor.

Sunday's vote, which passed with 67 votes in favor, is one of the last procedural hurdles before a final vote, making it a good indicator that the $95 billion bill is headed for success after days of back-and-forth talks.

"I think we're going to pass this spending bill for Ukraine. We've already moved past several procedural hurdles that require 60 votes. I think there will be 60 votes in the end," Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who has been a lead negotiator on the bill, said optimistically in a Sunday interview on CBS' "Face the Nation."

Since Wednesday, lawmakers have been working the tedious Senate process of spending hours in negotiations, followed by procedural