Full List of Republicans Who Voted Against Military Aid to Ukraine

On Tuesday, 26 Republican senators voted against a $95 billion package of aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan in a 70-29 vote. The legislation was backed by 22 GOP senators along with nearly all Senate Democrats, though three Democratic-aligned senators did vote against it. An earlier procedural vote passed by 66-33, with 31 Republican senators opposed, meaning five switched and backed the bill in the final vote.

The 66-33 margin for the procedural vote on Monday surpassed the 60-senator bar required to overcome a talking filibuster from Republican Rand Paul, one of several GOP critics, capping debate at an additional 30 hours before the final vote could take place.

After the procedural vote, House Speaker Mike Johnson released a statement expressing strong skepticism, stating the legislation is "silent on the most pressing issue facing our country" in reference to illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Democratic or Democratic caucusing senators who voted against the bill were Jeff Merkley from Oregon, Bernie Sanders and Peter Welsh of Vermont. Both Merkley and Sanders said they opposed additional military aid for Israel.

The 26 Republican senators who voted to oppose the legislation were:

• Barrasso (WY)
• Blackburn (TN)
• Braun (IN)
• Britt (AL)
• Budd (NC)
• Cotton (AR)
• Cruz (TX)
• Daines (MT)
• Fischer (NE)
• Graham (SC)
• Hagerty (TN)
• Hawley (MO)
• Hyde-Smith (MS)
• Johnson (WI)
• Lankford (OK)
• Lee (UT)
• Marshall (KS)
• Mullin (OK)
• Paul (KY)
• Ricketts (NE)
• Rubio (FL)
• Schmitt (MO)
• Scott (FL)
• Scott (SC)
• Tuberville (AL)
• Vance (OH)

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday's procedural vote proved "beyond doubt that there's strong support" within the chamber for advancing the aid package.

He commented: "The entire world is going to remember what the Senate does in the next few days. Nothing—nothing—would make Putin happier right now than to see Congress waver in its support for Ukraine; nothing would help him more on the battlefield."

The bill includes around $60 billion of military aid for Ukraine along with $14 billion for Israel, $8 billion for Taiwan and under $10 billion in wider humanitarian assistance.

Having been approved by the Senate, the legislation will also have to pass the House before President Biden can sign it into law. However, Speaker Johnson sounded distinctly unenthusiastic on Monday, stating: "Now, in the absence of having received any single border policy change from the Senate, the House will have to continue to work its own will on these important matters. America deserves better than the Senate's status quo."

Johnson has insisted the additional aid must be linked to further measures to combat illegal immigration, but a bipartisan package seeking to do this was torpedoed last week by Republican hardliners who deemed it insufficient.

On Saturday Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, argued the U.S. should no longer give foreign aid except in the form of a loan.

He posted on his Truth Social website: "WE SHOULD NEVER GIVE MONEY ANYMORE WITHOUT THE HOPE OF A PAYBACK, OR WITHOUT 'STRINGS' ATTACHED. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SHOULD BE 'STUPID' NO LONGER!"

During a rally in South Carolina on the same day, Trump said he would "encourage" Russia to invade any NATO member state that "didn't pay," in an apparent reference to the military alliance's recommendation that members spend at least two percent of their GDP on the group.

The remark was condemned by Nikki Haley, Trump's rival for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, during an appearance on Fox News' America's Newsroom. She said: "When you get Donald Trump making Joe Biden sound sane, it's more of the reason why Donald Trump can't defeat Joe Biden. They're taking everything he's saying and they're gonna use it against him."

Update 2/13/24, 8:28 a.m. ET: This story has been updated to note the bill passed the Senate with a final vote of 70-29, with 26 Republicans voting against it.