“WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he plans to hold a vote Thursday to pass a U.S. Senate resolution supporting Israel and that he expects the Senate to approve a major package of aid to Israel in the next few weeks.

Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he also plans to hold a Senate vote next week to confirm former U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew as U.S. ambassador to Israel and will try to fill vacancies caused by a Republican senator who has blocked appointments to protest Defense Department abortion policies.

“It is my view, which the president agreed with, is that we have the biggest package possible and pass by a big bipartisan margin in the Senate,” Schumer said in an interview in his office in the U.S. Capitol Wednesday.”

-Newsday

WHAT TO KNOW

• Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he plans to hold a vote Thursday to pass a resolution supporting Israel and expects the Senate to approve a major package of aid to Israel in the next few weeks.
• While in Israel last weekend, Schumer (D-N.Y.) spoke with President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and determined the best thing to do is to “give Israel everything it needs” in military, humanitarian and other assistance.
• Schumer said he also hopes to hold a Senate vote next week to confirm former U.S. Treasury Secretary Jake Lew as U.S. Ambassador to Israel.

Source from Newsday