U.S. senators on Thursday cleared a first hurdle to a sweeping foreign aid package — including a $60 billion lifeline for Ukraine — although opposition from right-wing allies of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump means final passage remains far from guaranteed, Ednews reports citing The Japan Times.
The procedural vote to at least consider the bill marked a stunning about-face by Senate Republicans.
Until now they had refused to renew funding for Ukraine's fight against Russian invasion if Democrats didn't also agree to stringent new curbs on a record surge of undocumented migrants across the U.S.-Mexican border.