#senschumer

“Speaker Johnson and the House must stand up now and pass the Senate’s national security bill ASAP.” ~ @senschumer 🇺🇦💙💛🇺🇸

#Repost @senschumer with @repost . . . To President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine:

You are valiant.

The United States stands with you.

We will not abandon you.

“Members need to be here next week. We have to get this done.” ~ Senate Majority Leader, @senschumer 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇸

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost . . . The U.S. Senate will reconvene next week to vote on a proposed Ukraine-Israel aid package, delaying the Senate’s scheduled holiday recess, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Dec. 14.

“Members need to be here next week. We have to get this done,” said Schumer from the Senate floor.

Delaying its holiday break set to begin on Dec. 15, the Senate will reconvene on Monday in hopes that the weekend will give negotiators enough time to reach an agreement on the $105 billion combined Israel-Ukraine aid package proposed by the Biden administration.

President Joe Biden has been urging lawmakers to pass a supplemental aid package to provide $61.4 billion in aid as Ukraine military funding continues to run dry. Of the $111 billion so far approved by Congress to support Ukraine, the Defense Department has used 97% of its $62.3 billion budget for Ukraine, according to the White House.

Support over the aid package has turned into a political battle as many Republican lawmakers refuse to support additional funding for Ukraine, tying opposition to the bill with demands to strengthen migration border policy at the U.S. border with Mexico.

On Thursday, Republican Senator Tom Cotton said negotiators had made progress but remained “very far apart.”

Earlier this month, President Biden indicated that he was open to concessions on border security to strike a deal with Republicans, but some Democrats have criticized the White House’s proposal.

A successful vote in the Senate would also have to agreed upon by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives for the the bill to pass. House lawmakers left Washington to begin their scheduled holiday on Thursday.

Thanks to U.S. Senate Majority Leader, @senschumer, the wheels are in motion for more vital aid from the U.S. to be sent to Ukraine soon. 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇸

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost . . . The U.S. Senate will hold a vote on President Joe Biden's billion-dollar aid request for Ukraine and Israel as early as Dec. 4, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a letter to senators Nov. 26.

"I intend to bring the President’s national security supplemental package to the floor as soon as the week of December 4th," Schumer said.

He also said the "biggest holdup" in passing the security assistance package was the Republican's party's demand that Ukraine funding be tied to U.S. border policy.

"This has injected a decades old, hyper-partisan issue into overwhelmingly bipartisan priorities," Schumer said in the letter.

Mike Turner, chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, said on Nov. 26 that conflict over border policy would likely prevent the aid bill from passing before the end of 2023.

Congressional Republicans are lobbying for enhanced restrictions at the U.S.-Mexico border, and have said they will only consider funding for Ukraine if the bill includes border security provisions.

Amid Republican stonewalling and congressional turmoil, Biden signed two emergency funding bills that included no aid for Ukraine.

Schumer's announcement sets a deadline for negotiations in the Senate.

"Negotiations between Democrats and Republicans have continued through the Thanksgiving holiday. We will need bipartisan cooperation and compromise to achieve a reasonable, realistic agreement that both sides can support," he said.

Biden's latest security assistance request earmarks over $61 billion in funding for Ukraine.

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Chuck Schumer’s Twitter Breakdown

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