Senate Gavels In for Votes on National Security Supplemental

The Senate will gavel in for legislative business today to kick off consideration of the House-passed national security funding package. The first procedural vote for the roughly $95 billion package — which includes $61 billion for Ukraine, $26.4 billion for Israel and Gaza, and $8.1 billion for U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific, as well as a modified version of the TikTok divest-or-ban legislation — will occur at 1 PM EST today, and it is widely expected to advance with bipartisan support. Senate leadership will then look to strike a time agreement to expedite consideration of the measure, which requires cooperation from all 100 senators to proceed. As of now, expectations are that the Senate will hold a final up-or-down vote on the national security supplemental during tomorrow’s session following a series of procedural and amendment votes.