US Senate bid to salvage Ukraine and Israel aid as border deal crumbles - BBC News

Republicans blocked a sweeping immigration bill months in the making - but a back-up has been put forward.

11 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, EPAImage caption, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wants to get the new, revised foreign aid bill passedBy Francesca Gillett in Washington DC & Sam Cabral on Capitol HillBBC NewsUS lawmakers are scrambling to salvage a military aid package for Ukraine and Israel, after the Senate rejected a bipartisan border deal.

The failed compromise had bundled US-Mexico border restrictions together with aid to Ukraine and Israel.

But the pact, which was four months in the making, collapsed after Donald Trump urged Republicans to block it.

Republicans said its immigration reforms did not go far enough, while some Democrats said they went too far.

Senators are now trying to fashion a new version of the legislation.

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