Full List of Republicans Who Voted Against Military Aid to Ukraine

On Tuesday, 17 Republican senators joined nearly all Senate Democrats to advance a $95 billion package of aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan in a 66-33 vote, removing the last procedural obstacle before a final vote expected later this week. They were opposed in the vote by 31 Republicans along with two Democratic-aligned senators.

The 66-33 margin surpassed the 60-senator bar required to overcome a talking filibuster from Republican Rand Paul, one of several GOP critics, with debate now capped at an additional 30 hours before the vote on passage which could take place Wednesday.

House Speaker Mike Johnson released a statement expressing strong scepticism, 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 and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, both of whom said they opposed additional military aid for Israel.

The 31 Republican senators who voted to oppose the legislation were:

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

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

He said: “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.

If 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 after the Senate vote: “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.”