参议院在周二晚上通过了提供950亿美元外援的一揽子计划对乌克兰、以色列和台湾，两党都将赢得几个月的胜利。
投票以79票对18票获得通过。
31名共和党人和48名民主党人一起通过了这项立法。这比参议院上次在2月份审议援助计划时支持该计划的共和党人多了9人。
两位民主党人默克莱和韦尔奇以及独立参议员伯尼·桑德斯和15名共和党人投票反对该法案。
这项立法包括四项法案在众议院通过在两党的支持下。
该方案现已送到乔·拜登总统的办公桌上，预计他将迅速签署。
该计划为目前在加沙与哈马斯交战的以色列提供了大约260亿美元;以及610亿美元给乌克兰，80亿美元给印太盟友。第四项法案会迫使美国禁止抖音如果它的中国母公司不出售它;对俄罗斯、中国和伊朗实施制裁;并没收俄罗斯资产，帮助乌克兰从战争的破坏中重建。
“国会内外的许多人都希望这个方案失败。但今天，国会中那些站在民主一边的人正在赢得胜利，”舒默在参议院周二下午投票通过程序性投票后表示。“致我们在乌克兰的朋友，致我们在北约的盟友，致我们在以色列的盟友，以及全世界需要帮助的平民——帮助正在路上。”
参议院少数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔(Mitch McConnell)在程序性投票后的一次令人生厌的新闻发布会上表示，他相信他的政党正在开始击退他一直反对的孤立主义趋势。他承认他的政党中的孤立主义倾向并没有消失，但他说他相信已经取得了进展。
麦康奈尔说:“如果你在寻找一种趋势，我认为这是我希望看到我们前进的方向，即美国在世界上发挥领导作用，做它需要做的事情。”
他认为共和党支持率的上升是一场胜利。
“我认为我们已经扭转了这场争论，”他说，并补充说，“我认为我们已经扭转了孤立主义运动。我注意到，当你称他们为孤立主义者时，这种观点的支持者会感到多么不舒服。我认为我们已经取得了一些进展，我认为这必须继续下去。”
舒默赞扬了两党通过这项立法的方式，包括他与麦康奈尔的合作。
“领袖麦康奈尔和我(他们并不总是意见一致)携手并肩努力完成了这项法案。舒默说:“我们两党团结一致，坚持不懈。
下一步是什么?
美国驻欧洲最高将领本月早些时候表示，国会的通过有助于向盟友国家提供援助，其中包括乌克兰，没有这笔资金，乌克兰无法赢得与俄罗斯的战斗。
“他们现在被俄罗斯方面以五比一淘汰出局。因此，俄罗斯向乌克兰人发射的炮弹是乌克兰人能够还击的五倍，”美国欧洲司令部的克里斯托弗·卡沃利将军告诉众议院军事委员会。“这将在几周内立即达到10比1。我们说的不是几个月。”
根据卡沃利的说法，战争的结果可能悬而未决。
“这一时刻的严重性怎么强调都不为过。如果我们不继续支持乌克兰，乌克兰可能会输，”他说。
一名美国官员周二告诉美国广播公司(ABC News)，预计该法案将获得通过，拜登政府已为乌克兰制定了约10亿美元的军事援助计划，首批援助将在批准后几天内抵达。
据该官员称，一揽子计划将包括急需的炮弹、防空弹药和装甲车。这些武器和装备将根据总统授权(PDA)从美国现有库存中提取。
一直都是一年多了自从国会批准对乌克兰抗击俄罗斯侵略者的新援助以来。最近几周，随着越来越多的俄罗斯袭击突破了乌克兰的防空系统，战争愈演愈烈。
拜登总统周一与乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基通话，重申美国对乌克兰的支持。泽连斯基表示，他“感谢”拜登“对乌克兰的坚定支持和他真正的全球领导力”
这位乌克兰领导人赞扬了众议院议长·迈克·约翰逊和众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯。对乌克兰援助的立场也从要求改变边境和移民政策转变为与民主党合作通过最新法案
去年秋天，拜登首次请求为乌克兰、以色列和印太地区提供更多援助。参议院在2月份通过了一项950亿美元的法案，但该法案在众议院面临僵局，因为共和党强硬派联盟越来越反对在不解决移民等国内问题的情况下向海外输送更多资源。
与此同时，约翰逊等共和党领导人也表达了这些担忧，并推动对移民政策进行重大改革，尽管参议院将外国援助与此类变化挂钩的全面协议遭到前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)的反对，并被保守派视为不足。
然后，在伊朗本月早些时候对以色列发动前所未有的袭击后，议员们面临的向海外盟友提供援助的压力增加了，这是对伊朗驻叙利亚领事馆遇袭的报复，同时俄罗斯军队继续取得攻势。
一度反对为乌克兰提供更多援助的议长约翰逊上周表示，随着共和党众议员马乔里·泰勒·格林(Marjorie Taylor Greene)、托马斯·马西(Thomas Massie)和保罗·戈萨尔(Paul Gosar)发出下台威胁，他“愿意”在这个问题上赌上自己的工作。
约翰逊赢得了两党的称赞为了逆转。
“他试图做什么，你知道，说自由党团希望他做的。众议院外交事务委员会主席、共和党众议员迈克尔·麦克考尔(Michael McCaul)周日在美国广播公司(ABC)的“本周”(This Week)节目中表示，这在参议院或白宫都不会奏效。“归根结底，我们的时间不多了。乌克兰正准备沦陷。”
麦克考尔说，约翰逊在这个问题上“经历了转变”。
在程序性投票通过后，舒默甚至称赞了约翰逊。
舒默说:“我感谢议长约翰逊，他挺身而出，用他自己的话说，尽管他面临巨大的政治压力，但他必须做正确的事情。”
Senate passes $95B foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan: What's next?
The Senate on Tuesday night passeda package to deliver $95 billion in foreign aidto Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan -- a bipartisan win months in the making.
The vote was approved 79-18.
Thirty-one Republicans joined with 48 Democrats to pass the legislation. That's nine more Republicans than supported the aid package when the Senate last considered it in February.
Two Democrats -- Sens. Merkley and Welch -- as well as independent Sen. Bernie Sanders voted against the legislation along with 15 Republicans.
The legislation, which includes four bills thatpassed in the Houseover the weekend with bipartisan support.
The package now heads to President Joe Biden's desk where he is expected to swiftly sign it.
The package provides roughly $26 billion for Israel, currently at war with Hamas in Gaza; as well as $61 billion for Ukraine and $8 billion for allies in the Indo-Pacific. A fourth billwould force a U.S. ban of TikTokif its Chinese parent company doesn't sell it; impose sanctions on Russia, China and Iran; and seize Russian assets to help Ukraine rebuild from the war's damage.
"A lot of people inside and outside the Congress wanted this package to fail. But today, those in Congress who stand on the side of democracy are winning the day," Schumer said after the Senate voted to pass procedural votes on Tuesday afternoon. "To our friends in Ukraine, to our allies in NATO, to our allies in Israel, and to civilians around the world in need of help -- help is on the way."
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, during a fulsome press conference after the procedural vote, said he believes his party is beginning to beat back the trends of isolationism he has fought against. He conceded that the isolationist streak in his party is not gone, but he said he believes progress has been made.
"If you're looking for a trend I think it's a trend in the direction that I would like to see us go, which is America steps up to its leadership role in the world and does what it needs to do," McConnell said.
He counted the groundswell of GOP support a win.
"I think we've turned the corner on this argument," he said, adding, "I think we've turned the corner on the isolationist movement. I've noticed how uncomfortable proponents of that are when you call them isolationists. I think we've made some progress and I think it's going to have to continue."
Schumer applauded the bipartisan approach to pass this legislation -- including his work with McConnell.
"Leader McConnell and I, who don't always agree, worked hand-in-hand and shoulder-to-shoulder to get this bill done. Together we were bipartisan and persistent," Schumer said.
What's next?
Congress' passage helps provide aid to ally countries -- including Ukraine, which can't win its fight against Russia without the funding, America's top general in Europe said earlier this month.
"They are now being out shot by the Russian side five to one. So Russians fire five times as many artillery shells at the Ukrainians then the Ukrainians are able to fire back," U.S. European Command's Gen. Christopher Cavoli told the House Armed Services Committee. "That will immediately go to 10 to one in a matter of weeks. We're not talking about months."
The outcome of the war could hang in the balance, according to Cavoli.
"The severity of this moment cannot be overstated. If we do not continue to support Ukraine, Ukraine could lose," he said.
In anticipation of the bill passing, the Biden administration has worked up a roughly $1 billion military assistance package for Ukraine with the first shipment arriving within days of approval, a U.S. official told ABC News on Tuesday.
The package will include desperately needed artillery rounds, air defense ammunition and armored vehicles, according to the official. The weapons and equipment will be drawn from existing U.S. stockpiles under presidential drawdown authority (PDA).
It has beenmore than a yearsince Congress approved new aid for Ukraine in its fight against Russian invaders. The war has intensified in recent weeks, as more Russian strikes break through with Ukraine's air defenses running low.
President Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday to reiterate U.S. support for the nation. Zelenskyy said he was "grateful" to Biden "for his unwavering support for Ukraine and for his true global leadership."
The Ukrainian leader commended House Speaker Mike Johnson -- whose position on Ukraine aid evolved from also requiring changes to border and immigration policy to working with Democrats to pass the latest bills -- and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.
Biden first requested more assistance for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific last fall. The Senate passed a $95 billion bill in February, but the legislation faced a logjam in the House as a coalition of Republican hard-liners grew opposed to sending more resources overseas without addressing domestic issues like immigration.
At the same time, GOP leaders like Johnson echoed those concerns and had pushed for major changes to immigration policy, though a sweeping deal in the Senate to tie foreign aid to such changes was opposed by former President Donald Trump and rejected by conservatives as insufficient.
Then, pressure increased on lawmakers to pass aid to overseas allies after Iran's unprecedented attacks on Israel earlier this month, in retaliation for a strike on an Iranian consular complex in Syria, and as Russian forces continue to make offensive gains.
Speaker Johnson, once opposed to more aid for Ukraine, said last week he was "willing" to stake his job on the issue as an ouster threat looms from fellow Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie and Paul Gosar.
Johnsonearned bipartisan praisefor the reversal.
"He tried to do what the, you know, say the Freedom Caucus wanted him to do. It wasn't going to work in the Senate or the White House," Republican Rep. Michael McCaul, the House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, said on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday. "At the end of the day, we were running out of time. Ukraine's getting ready to fall."
Johnson, McCaul said, "went through a transformation" on the issue.
After the procedural votes' passing, Schumer even praised Johnson.
"I thank Speaker Johnson, who rose to the occasion, in his own words, said he had to do the right thing despite the enormous political pressure on him" Schumer said.
