Senate set to advance Ukraine aid after roller-coaster House battle | KLRT [Video]

The Senate on Tuesday is at last set to advance legislation providing aid to Ukraine, moving Congress toward the end of a months-long battle that raised questions about the survival of Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) Speakership and Kyiv’s defenses.

Senators will hold the first procedural vote on the $95 billion aid package Tuesday afternoon, starting a 30-hour clock toward a vote on final passage. That would take place Wednesday night absent a deal on amendments, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) increasingly likely to let the clock wind down instead.

“The prevailing thought now is that Schumer will make them grind out the clock,” one Senate Republican told The Hill. 

The lawmaker noted Schumer is hesitant to grant a vote to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) related to the ongoing Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza. Sanders over the weekend said he is pushing for a pair of amendments — one that would …