US Senate approves $95 billion aid package for 3 countries

The US Senate approved a foreign aid package worth $95 billion, including $61 billion in military aid to Ukraine and $26 billion in military aid to Israel, and sent it to the White House.

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The foreign aid package, approved by the US House of Representatives last weekend and sent to the Senate, was accepted by the Senate General Assembly late at night with 78 yes votes against 18 no votes.

The bill, which included 4 separate bills and was combined into a single package in the Senate, was approved by the overwhelming majority of senators, while some Democrats, including independent Senator Bernie Sanders, criticized the support given to Israel, and some Republican senators criticized the support provided to Ukraine. He opposed it and voted no.