Following a grueling battle to appoint a new speaker of the House, Johnson insisted that aid requests for Ukraine should be separated from those for Israel and other priorities, leading to the long delay in getting Ukraine and other allies aid. After a $95 billion foreign aid package passed the Senate in February, Johnson was again adamant that he would not allow a vote on the aid until the situation at the U.S. southern border was resolved.Six months after Biden's request, the House overwhelmingly approved $60.84 billion in aid to Ukraine. The Pentagon said before the vote that the flow of weapons could resume within days of the bill passing both the House and Senate and being signed by Biden. Despite the vote going through, the border and immigration reform issues that have plagued U.S.