Overview
- House supporters used a discharge petition to force a floor vote and won passage with 226 votes in favor and 195 opposed.
- Eighteen Republicans and one independent joined Democrats to approve the bundled bill that authorizes over $1 billion in aid and more than $8 billion in defense loans.
- The package also includes new sanctions aimed at Russia’s financial, energy, mining and government sectors plus added security aid for the Baltic states.
- Supporters plan to recruit bipartisan Senate backers to press leaders to move the bill but its prospects are unclear in the Republican-controlled Senate and a presidential veto is possible.
- The vote comes against a recent U.S. policy shift that cut military assistance since January 2025 and reflects continued stalemate in diplomacy as Russia maintains offensive operations.