{"id":2228715,"date":"2024-04-23T23:03:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T03:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-passes-95-billion-foreign-aid-package-with-possible-tiktok-ban\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T23:04:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T03:04:35","slug":"senate-passes-95-billion-foreign-aid-package-with-possible-tiktok-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-passes-95-billion-foreign-aid-package-with-possible-tiktok-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate approves $95 billion foreign aid bill including potential TikTok prohibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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-passes-95-billion-foreign-aid-package-with-possible-tiktok-ban%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=2228715&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--><p>The Democrat-controlled Senate passed a $95 billion aid package to support allies like Ukraine\u2062 and Israel and potentially ban TikTok. The bipartisan-supported bill awaits President Biden&#8217;s signature, with provisions for aiding Ukraine, Israel, and Indo-Pacific allies. The legislation also includes sanctions, agency\u200d funding, and a requirement for TikTok&#8217;s divestment\u200b to prevent a U.S. ban. The Democrat-led Senate approved\u2064 a $95 billion aid package to assist allies such as Ukraine and Israel and consider banning TikTok. The bill, supported by both\u2062 Democrats and Republicans, is now awaiting President Biden&#8217;s approval. It includes\u2062 aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Indo-Pacific allies, as well as sanctions, agency\u200d funding, and a mandate for\u200c TikTok&#8217;s divestment to avert \u200da U.S. ban.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>In a late Tuesday vote, the Democrat-controlled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate<\/a> approved a $95 billion package that aims to provide aid to U.S. allies, including Ukraine and Israel, and paves the way to a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a> ban.<\/p>\n<p>Senators voted 79-18 to pass the legislation, with most Democrats and Republicans supporting it. It needed 60 votes to prevail. The package now heads to President Joe Biden, who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamiedupree\/status\/1782953492337844295\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> he would\u00a0sign the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight, America sends a message to the entire world: We will not turn our back on you,\u201d Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1782949593367371925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> to X after the vote.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP-led House passed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-gop-unveils-foreign-aid-bills-expects-final-vote-over-weekend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-leads-delegation-of-gop-senators-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell Leads Delegation of GOP Senators to Ukraine\">foreign aid package<\/a><\/a> over the weekend in a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-passes-95-billion-spending-package-for-ukraine-israel-and-taiwan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">separate votes<\/a> that followed Iran\u2019s missile and drone attack on Israel earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/815\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the package<\/a> is $61 billion to boost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a> in its war against Russia and give assistance to regional partners, $26 billion for Israel as it fights Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and humanitarian aid, and $8 billion for Indo-Pacific allies like Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>There are other elements, such as sanctions for fentanyl trafficking and other matters, as well as compensating Ukraine with seized Russian assets. U.S. agencies get funds to fulfill the purposes of the bill, including the Defense and State Departments.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation also has a section that gives Chinese-based ByteDance up to a year to divest from TikTok or else the app gets banned in the United States. TikTok is <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/digital\/news\/tiktok-ban-law-plans-lawsuit-first-amendment-1235978150\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expected to sue<\/a>, a move that would likely drag out the process.<\/p>\n<p>A final Senate vote took place on Tuesday hours after the chamber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_votes\/vote1182\/vote_118_2_00152.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">easily met<\/a> the three-fifths threshold to limit debate over the protest of hardline Republicans and leftist members including Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Uniparty wants to rubber stamp this $95 billion betrayal,\u201d Lee <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMikeLee\/status\/1782842181671108873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a post to X. \u201cThey even banned Senators from amending this disastrous bill to secure the border, or prevent tax dollars from going to Hamas!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lee and Sanders opposed the bill in the final vote, too, along with 14 other Republicans and two Democrats. Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatePress\/status\/1782952659307139258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">did not vote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Republican Senators Paul, Scott (SC), &#038; Tuberville missed the final passage vote on the $95.3B Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan aid package.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigCaplan\/status\/1782953287697719710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (KY) was among the Republicans who voted in favor of the foreign aid package. He spoke out in support of the legislation earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, the Senate sits for a test on behalf of the entire nation. It\u2019s a test of America\u2019s resolve, our readiness, and our willingness to lead. And the stakes of failure are abundantly clear. We must not fail it,\u201d McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaderMcConnell\/status\/1782784285759434876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts on Capitol Hill to pass foreign aid was stymied for several months after the Biden administration made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/10\/20\/fact-sheet-white-house-calls-on-congress-to-advance-critical-national-security-priorities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-senate-appropriations-committee-holds-hearing-on-biden-administrations-national-security-supplemental-request\/\" title=\"LIVE: Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Biden administration's security request.\">national security supplemental request<\/a><\/a> last fall.<\/p>\n<p>In mid-February, the Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/senate-passes-95-billion-foreign-aid-bill-despite-opposition-from-over-half-of-republican-senators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed<\/a> a $95 billion foreign aid bill that would allocate money for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_votes\/vote1182\/vote_118_2_00048.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">70-29<\/a> vote with support of most Democrats and some Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-draft-bipartisan-immigration-deal-to-save-daca-during-lame-duck\/\" title=\"Senators Draft Bipartisan Immigration Deal to Save \u2018DACA\u2019 During Lame Duck\">bipartisan immigration deal<\/a> had been tacked onto that legislation, but it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ted-cruz-says-democrats-got-political-camouflage-with-foreign-aid-package\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dropped<\/a> after a group of Republicans and leftist senators blocked the larger bill from advancing.<\/p>\n<p>The House refused to take up the Senate-passed legislation as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and other Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/speaker-johnson-charts-path-forward-on-ukraine-aid-with-important-innovations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demanded<\/a> that legislation to help alleviate the border crisis be part of the equation.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, when the House passed its foreign aid package in piecemeal fashion, a sufficient number of lawmakers voted to <a href=\"https:\/\/idahocapitalsun.com\/2024\/04\/21\/u-s-house-votes-down-border-bill-favored-by-conservatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reject a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-if-dems-try-to-pass-3-5t-far-left-wish-list-then-hell-yeah-gop-should-skip-town-like-tx-dems\/\" title=\"Graham: If Dems Try To Pass .5T Far-Left Wish List Then \u2018Hell Yeah\u2019 GOP Should Skip Town Like TX Dems\">border security bill<\/a><\/a> that received consideration as part of the process.<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-passes-bill-that-could-lead-to-u-s-ban-on-tiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok bill<\/a> with a shorter divestiture window, which the House passed in March amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/fbi-chief-says-tiktok-screams-us-national-security-concerns-2023-03-08\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">national security concerns<\/a> about the app, did not get a vote in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a late Tuesday vote, the Democrat-led Senate passed a $95 billion aid package aiding U.S. allies like Ukraine and Israel and signaling a potential TikTok ban. 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