LAST CHANCE: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) plans to try again to move ahead with a $95 billion international aid bill that includes $60 billion for Ukraine as well as funding for Israel, Taiwan, and Indo-Pacific partners. Schumer had hoped to move the bill to the floor for debate and amendments yesterday but adjourned the Senate last night when it appeared he was short of the 60-vote threshold necessary to advance the measure, reportedly saying Democrats would “give our Republican colleagues the night to figure themselves out.”
“We are negotiating with Republicans. We’re trying to find a path forward,” Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said last night on CNN. “We’re frustrated, disappointed. We’ll tell you it just. It should have passed today. We’re not going to give up. It’s just too important.”
