{"id":1477837,"date":"2022-05-17T09:29:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T13:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1477837"},"modified":"2022-05-17T09:29:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T13:29:44","slug":"senate-advances-massive-40-billion-ukraine-spending-package-11-republicans-oppose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-advances-massive-40-billion-ukraine-spending-package-11-republicans-oppose\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Advances Massive $40 Billion Ukraine Spending Package, 11 Republicans Oppose"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-advances-massive-40-billion-ukraine-spending-package-11-republicans-oppose%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1477837&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/SchumerMcConnel.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The Senate advanced a $40 billion Ukraine aid package on Monday with wide support from both Democrats and Republicans to move the package forward.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The final vote will be held Wednesday or Thursday, and is widely expected to pass as the massive spending bill has support from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). Monday\u2019s vote, a procedural step to move debate on the bill forward passed easily with a vote of 81-11.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The bill\u2019s advancement\u00a0comes after Sen. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/rand-paul\"><span>Rand Paul <\/span><\/a><span>(R-KY) blocked the bill from passing via unanimous consent last week, arguing that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/national-debt\"><span>government spending<\/span><\/a><span> was out of control and that it would have harmful consequences for the American economy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHis obstruction will not prevent Ukraine aid from ultimately passing the Senate,\u201d Schumer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-05-16\/senate-advances-40-billion-ukraine-aid-bill-with-wide-support\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> Monday, according to Bloomberg. \u201cOne way or another we are going to get this done and send a clear message to Ukraine and the world that America stands on the side of democracy and against Putin\u2019s deeply immoral campaign of violence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Just 10 Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_votes\/vote1172\/vote_117_2_00177.htm\">joined<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span>Paul in voting against advancing the package, including Sen. Marsha Blackburn (TN), Sen. John Boozman (AR), Sen. Mike Braun (IN), Sen. Mike Crapo (ID), Sen. Bill Hagerty (TN), Sen. Josh Hawley (MO), Sen. Mike Lee (UT), Sen. Cynthia Lummis (WY), Sen. Roger Marshall (KS), and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (AL).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Eight senators, including Republicans Richard Burr (NC) and Pat Toomey (PA), did not vote. Thirty-seven Republicans voted to advance the bill.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McConnell, following a visit to Ukraine over the weekend, seemed to suggest that Paul and others who opposed the bill were isolationists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere have always been isolationist voices in the Republican Party,\u201d he said. \u201cI think one of the lessons we learned in World War II is not standing up to aggression early is a huge mistake.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Monday, Hawley said he opposed the bill because it was not in America\u2019s best interest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSpending $40 billion on Ukraine aid \u2013 more than three times what all of Europe has spent combined \u2013 is not in America\u2019s interests. It neglects priorities at home (the border), allows Europe to freeload, short changes critical interests abroad and comes w\/ no meaningful oversight,\u201d he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1526323885515448321\"><span>tweeted<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThat\u2019s not isolationism. That\u2019s nationalism. It\u2019s about prioritizing American security and American interests\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gop-senator-slams-biden-for-waging-war-on-the-economy-not-putting-americans-first\">interview<\/a> on Fox News, Hagerty seemed to agree with Hawley saying that it was time for Washington to focus on domestic issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019re not taking care of our own country,\u201d he said on Sunday. \u201cThe best thing [the] Biden administration could do is stop the war that he\u2019s waged on American industry. That would lower prices overall. That would take the funding away from Putin\u2019s war machine against Ukraine and make our economy better here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The bill includes $6 billion in direct security funding, $4 billion in foreign military aid, and another $4.35 billion in humanitarian aid, according to Bloomberg.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Congress approved $13 billion in Ukraine aid last month. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate advanced a $40 billion Ukraine aid package on Monday with wide support from both Democrats and Republicans to move the package forward.\u00a0The final vote will be held Wednesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1483384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1477837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1477837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1483384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1477837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1477837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1477837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}