Senate on path to advance foreign aid bill despite some Republican opposition

The Senate is on track to pass the $95 billion national security supplemental package to assist Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific after the upper chamber passed several major procedural votes on Monday night.

The supplemental package does not include any border provisions and several Republicans spent days — since Saturday — collectively filibustering the package on the Senate floor, which continued into Tuesday morning. The bill passed its final hurdle Monday night and the final vote could come anytime Tuesday, but no later than Wednesday, depending on how long Republicans can delay the vote.

The bill still has no time agreement, meaning a formal agreement between Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., regarding the time allocated for debating the legislation or its amendments. Both leaders have been urging their party members to pass the package.

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Sen. Mike Lee, who spent four hours lambasting the bill on the floor on Saturday and continued his speeches overnight Monday, urged senators to reconsider voting for its passage.

"We cannot send billions of dollars to Ukraine while America’s own borders are bleeding," Lee said on Saturday. "This betrayal is all the more loathsome as it occurs at a time when the eyes of a nation are turned to sport, family and fun."

By Monday, GOP senators were hoping for a breakthrough to get their amendments heard. Several amendments filed included hardline border security-related provisions.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Me., vice chair of the appropriations committee, said on Monday morning that "leadership on both sides of the aisle as well as the bill managers on