The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday night to give final approval to a $95.3 billion package of aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The House passed the package on Saturday.

The Senate’s action, on a vote of 79 to 18, provided a victory for President Joe Biden who had urged lawmakers to move quickly so he could sign it into law.

It includes $60.8 billion for Ukraine; $26.4 billion for Israel and $8.1 billion for the Indo-Pacific region.

Three liberals, Democratic Senators Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Peter Welch of Vermont, as well as Bernie Sanders, independent of Vermont, were among those who opposed the measure. They said they could not endorse sending more offensive weapons to Israel when its campaign in Gaza has killed tens of thousands of people and created a hunger crisis there.

“We are now in the absurd situation where Israel is using U.S. military assistance to block the delivery of U.S. humanitarian aid to Palestinians,” Sanders said. 
Later, Sanders called for “ending unconditional support for Netanyahu’s war machine”.