17 GOP Senators Help Democrats Pass $95 Billion Ukraine Aid Package, Here Are Their Names

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A bill to send millions of dollars to Ukraine and Israel made its first step Thursday on what is potentially a long road in the Senate.

A bill that contains only foreign aid spending advanced on a procedural vote a day after a similar bill that also contained proposals for the Southern Border was torpedoed by Republicans.

The $95 billion bill passed by a vote of 67-32, according to NBC.

According to Newsweek, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was joined by Republican Sens. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia; John Thune and Mike Rounds of South Carolina; Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy of Louisiana; Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan of Alaska; Roger Wicker of Mississippi; Susan Collins of Maine; Todd Young of Indiana; Mitt Romney of Utah; Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley of Iowa; Thom Tillis of North Carolina; John Cornyn of Texas; and Jerry Moran of Kansas in supporting the bill. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, an independent, voted against the bill, saying he deplored the Israeli war in Gaza.

The bill includes more than $60 billion in aid for Ukraine and $14 billion in aid for Israel.

“This is a good first step. This bill is essential for our national security,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said.

He said the Senate would keep working on the bill “until the job is done.”

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