Senate expected to approve a $95 billion package for international aid this week.

This week, the Senate will consider the $95 billion foreign aid package that the House passed. This is a significant step towards the legislation's final congressional action, as both sides of the Capitol Hill have been fighting for months to provide aid to Taiwan, Israel, and Ukraine.

Tuesday afternoon's two procedural votes in the Senate break the previously planned recess.The legislation is expected to pass the chamber with sufficient support from both parties, 

but it is unclear when exactly a final vote will take place because any senator could stall the process before submitting the package to President Joe Biden for signature. However, it is anticipated to pass by the middle of this week.

The package, which provides almost $61 billion in aid for Ukraine, over $26 billion for Israel, and more than $8 billion for the Indo-Pacific, unites four proposals that the House approved on separately during a rare Saturday session. The package that the Senate enacted earlier this year, which House Speaker Mike Johnson had initially resisted bringing to the House floor, is quite identical to the previous three proposals. 

The fourth bill includes wording that might result in a US ban on TikTok and tightens sanctions on Russian assets. TikTok's Chinese parent firm, ByteDance, has about nine months to sell the app or risk having it removed from US app stores.

After Johnson defied conservative party members who were against aiding Ukraine and had threatened to remove him due to his handling of the situation, the House took up the legislation. Ultimately, the House passed the Act with a wide bipartisan majority.  

After House and Senate Republicans insisted on border security measures first, months of Senate deliberations on a border package linked to foreign aid resulted in the stalling of aid for Israel and Ukraine. However, Republicans finally rejected the final agreement due to strong opposition from former President Donald Trump.

On Saturday afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer said, "The Senate now stands ready to take the next step." "Democracy and Republicans reached a deal just now that will allow the Senate to complete work on the supplemental with the first vote on Tuesday afternoon."  

"Relax, America will provide yet again," the New York Democrat continued, addressing "our friends in Ukraine, our partners in NATO, our allies in Israel, and to civilians around the world in need of relief."

A vote on the package's ultimate passage will take place no later than Wednesday night, following the Senate's votes on Tuesday afternoon. This week was meant to be a recess for senators due to the Passover holiday, but instead they decided to return and finish off the foreign aid package.