Democrats, Centrist Republicans Could Outflank Speaker Johnson to Pass $95 Billion Foreign Aid Bill

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is signaling opposition to a $95.3 billion supplemental spending bill that provides foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, but the bill may yet pass in the House if it garners enough bipartisan support. The Senate voted 70–29 on Tuesday morning to pass the supplemental funding bill. Democrat Sens. Jeff Merkley (Ore.) and Peter Welch (Vt.), and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined 26 Senate Republicans in opposition to the foreign aid bill, while 22 Republicans joined the majority of Senate Democrats and Independents who voted in favor of the bill. The Senate vote came less than a week after the collapse of a $118 billion version of the supplemental spending deal that included some provisions for U.S. border and immigration policy. Many Republicans said those border and immigration provisions would have done little to mitigate the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States....