Full List of Democrats Who Voted Against Border Deal

Five Democrats joined Senate Republicans in voting against a bipartisan border security and foreign aid package that quickly disintegrated after months of negotiations.

The $118 billion bill, which included funds to secure the U.S.-Mexico border and aid for Ukraine and Israel, failed by a vote of 50 to 49 on Wednesday. At least 60 "yes" votes were required to advance the bill to the House, where Speaker Mike Johnson had already declared the legislation "dead on arrival."

The bill was crafted after Republicans demanded that the border security funds and policy changes be included in any package that provides additional military aid to Ukraine, which had been requested by President Joe Biden.

The legislation faltered after former President Donald Trump, Biden's likely opponent in the November presidential election, demanded that Republicans kill it. Democrats and other critics of Trump have argued that the ex-president is hoping to escalate the strife at the border to pin blame on Biden ahead of the election.

All Republican senators voted against the bill except Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma, the bill's lead GOP negotiator, and moderate Senators Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah.

Here is the full list of the five Democrats who joined Republicans in voting "no."

1. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
2. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts
3. Senator Alex Padilla of California
4. Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey
5. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York

Schumer changed his vote to "no" in a procedural move that will allow him the possibility of bringing the bill up for consideration at a later date. The majority leader argued that Republicans tanked the bill to meet Trump's demands for "chaos" at the border before the election.

Newsweek reached out for comment to Schumer's office via email on Wednesday.

Shortly before the vote, Schumer indicated that he would force the Senate to vote on a standalone foreign aid bill in lieu of the larger legislation. It is unclear how many Senate Republicans would support a standalone aid package.

"Republicans first insisted the only way to pass this National Security Supplemental was with a border package attached," Schumer said in a statement. "Now, they are saying the only way it can proceed is without. I am giving them both options."

Left-leaning independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who ran as a Democrat in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, also voted against the bill. Sanders was opposed to the bill's provision to provide $14 billion in foreign aid to Israel.

"Through our financial support of Israel, the U.S. is complicit in the humanitarian disaster in Gaza," Sanders said in a post to X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday. "I will be damned if I'm going to give another nickel to the [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu government in order to continue this war against the Palestinian people."