House Advances $95 Billion Foreign Aid Package With Democrat Help by Jackson Richman – US Politics News

Democrats on April 19 helped Republicans advance $95 billion in bills that would provide assistance to Israel, Ukraine, and the Indo-Pacific, as well as a measure that could ban TikTok.
The final tally to pass what is called a rule—which sets the parameters, such as whether amendments can be offered, and that is voted on before the House can proceed to vote on the measures themselves—passed 316–94.
While such rule votes typically occur along party lines, the rule passed with Democrat support. Fifty-five Republicans and 39 Democrats voted against it.
This vote comes just hours after the powerful House Rules Committee advanced the rule to the House floor, which passed 9–3, with Democrats joining most of the Republicans on the 13-person panel. Reps. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Chip Roy (R-Texas), and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) voted against moving along the bills….