Good evening I'm John Yang. A highly unusual bipartisan coalition in the house has

overwhelmingly passed a long delayed 95 billion dollar foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel,

and Taiwan.

The sudden spurt of activity comes after months of dysfunction and delay.

On the House floor, Democrats stood and cheered while weaving Ukrainian flags.

Earlier, lawmakers turned back an amendment from Ultra Conservative

Representative Marjorie Taylor Green of Georgia that would have stripped out the $60

billion for Ukraine.

That money was a sticking point. House

Republicans had said border security was more pressing to appease them. House Speaker

Mike Johnson held a separate vote on a border security bill and it failed to get the

support it needed to pass.

The House also approved language that could lead to a US ban on Tik-Tok,

the popular social media platform.

The entire measure now goes to the Senate.

Late last night the Senate approved a two-year extension of a controversial surveillance law that's part

of FISA, that's the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

The 60-34 vote came minutes after the provision expired.

It sent the measure to President Biden for his signature.

This means the government may continue to collect without a warrant the communications of foreign targets even

when they're communicating with Americans. Privacy and civil rights advocates have

long wanted to require the government to get a warrant to do that. An Israeli airstrike in a house in Gaza's southern city of

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