With proceedings in the Senate at a bit of a standstill, we're closing our live page now.

Senators are now trying to fashion a new version of a bill that will pass - a version which has stripped out all the border security measures, leaving the foreign aid parts.

But no vote is yet scheduled on this foreign aid package.

On Wednesday night, Republicans were reportedly holding discussions on adding border-related amendments to this version of the bill.

As a colleague on the Hill said earlier in a hopeless voice: “This is the Senate. There’s no time limit! This could go all night.”

To read our latest write-up, head here.

Sam Cabral
Reporting from Capitol Hill

The Trump wing of the Republican Party appears to be coalescing around an idea that Democrats never wanted to pass border security and were instead using it as a vehicle for more aid to Ukraine.

Earlier today, Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, shared a post on X with that suggestion, writing “Yup it was a set-up from the start”.

And a short while ago, Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville told Newsmax: “It was about Ukraine money. It was not about the border.”

“We weren’t going to get a deal on the border,” he said, “so now we jumped into the Ukraine funding and they’re going to find a way to get it done, but hopefully we can block it.”

If it sounds to you like an effort to blame-shift after what has been 72 hours of turmoil among Republicans, you might be right.

Sam Cabral
Reporting from Capitol Hill

This motion to reconsider vote has now been held open for more than two hours.

It has been stuck for about an hour at 58 votes in favour and 41 against.

That’s enough for this vote to pass - but indicates there is not enough support to advance to debate on the backup bill without border security provisions, which needs 60 votes.

Leadership from both parties is likely negotiating behind the scenes right now on how to move forward.

There is discussion about Republicans seeking to add border-related amendments to this version of the bill.

The Senate’s work schedule currently has lawmakers working through Friday and then entering a two-week recess, so they are probably keen to make some progress tonight.

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The US is, by some stretch, the biggest provider of aid to Ukraine - as our chart above shows.

But the last time they sent Ukraine aid ($250m) was in December, because since then talks in Congress have stalled and no fresh money has been approved.

Ukraine has warned that the war effort and its public finances are at risk if further Western aid is not forthcoming.

Earlier, the White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan - who's in Brussels to meet the head of Nato - said the US "can and will" deliver the needed aid. Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said such a move was "vital".

Sam Cabral
Reporting from Capitol Hill

There has been a flurry of action on immigration at both ends of the Capitol over the past few days and weeks.

Yesterday, Republicans in the House tried and failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the situation at the border.

Four Republicans sided with all Democrats to narrowly sink the effort, leaving the most embattled member of President Joe Biden's cabinet in place for now.

But in the aftermath of that vote, the House Speaker's office said Republicans would try to impeach Mayorkas again - once they had the votes.

That appears likely to happen when the one Republican who was absent for yesterday's vote - Steve Scalise, who is being treated for cancer - returns to Washington next week.

A short while ago, the House Democratic Whip's office sent out a message to colleagues advising them to expect a second effort at impeachment on Tuesday.

Democrats will be hoping they can have full attendance again to hopefully thwart their counterparts. That's what happened yesterday, when one lawmaker who had just received emergency surgery arrived in hospital scrubs to cast a crucial vote against impeachment.

Sam Cabral
Reporting from Capitol Hill

The Democratic Senate majority leader's back-up plan when the first bill failed was to bring it back up again with its border reforms stripped out but with new aid for Ukraine and Israel intact.

Chuck Schumer told reporters this morning: "We just hope... we will have the second vote if the first vote fails."

We are now in the bringing-it-back-up stage, known as a motion to reconsider.

This vote needed a simple majority to pass and has met that threshold. It currently has 58 votes in favour and 41 against.

What remains unclear is whether there will be the 60 votes needed in the next vote - when Schumer's stripped-out bill comes up for consideration. Republicans are reportedly seeking a pause or the prospect of adding back some of the border amendments they just voted against.

It is a paradox at best, a mess at worst.

Here's a look at the action at the Capitol today as lawmakers try to salvage a package of military aid for Ukraine and Israel.

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As we've been reporting, although the big border bill has failed, senators are still trying to have another go at approving military aid for Ukraine and Israel.

A new revised version of the bill was drawn up earlier., external This $96bn package strips out the immigration measures but leaves the foreign aid intact.

In total, the bill includes $60bn for Ukraine, $14.1bn in security assistance for Israel and $9.15bn for humanitarian purposes.

Another $2.44bn has been slated to support US operations in the Red Sea, and $4.83bn has been allocated to support US allies in the Pacific "and deter aggression by the Chinese government".

We're not sure if that vote will definitely go ahead of when it might be - but stick with us.

At the moment, the Senate is on the first of two procedural votes that it needs to get through before officially taking up the watered-down $95bn foreign aid package that does not include border security provisions.

It is unclear how long this will take or when the fresh vote will happen.

US media is reporting that some Republican senators are pushing for a pause or attempting to negotiate border-related amendments to the foreign-aid package.

The writing was on the wall, the bill has failedpublished at 20:43 Greenwich Mean Time 7 February

20:43 GMT 7 February

Anthony Zurcher
BBC North America correspondent

As expected, the bipartisan legislation that includes US immigration reforms and military support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan has gone down in flames.

Months of intense negotiations between Republicans and Democrats were essentially for naught, as any substantive immigration reform is all but certain to be shelved until next year, despite the continuing surge of migrants at the US-Mexico border.

Ukraine aid – which has been a top priority for the Biden administration and some congressional Republicans – is also now in doubt.

Originally, tackling the immigration issue was the sweetener to get recalcitrant Republicans on board.

With today’s dramatic failure, more military funds for the war-torn nation may have to stand on its own.

In the end, what killed the package legislation is that compromise itself is anathema to many congressional Republicans – particularly hard-liners in the House of Representatives.

Any deal that Democrats might accept is instantly suspect and an indication of conservative weakness.

Part of this is because conservatives view bipartisan spending and debt-limit agreements reached over the past year as being too tilted in favour of the Democrats.

Another is a belief that a hard negotiating line will yield better future results after Republicans gain more power in Washington. That, of course, will be a matter for American voters to decide in November.

Bernd Debusmann Jr
US reporter

Only four Republicans crossed party lines to vote to advance the bill earlier: Maine's Susan Collins, Oklahoma's James Lankford, Alaska's Lisa Murkowski and Utah's Mitt Romney.

These names won't come as a surprise. Lankford, for example, was the chief Republican negotiator of the border deal, and earlier today spoke passionately about what he sees as an urgent need to pass the bill.

Murkowski, for her part, has repeatedly implored her Republican colleagues to vote in favour of the measure.

"This is what we asked for," she said last week. "Let's take up what we asked for."

And just yesterday, we heard Romney say he was "extremely disappointed" that fellow Republicans had turned their back on the deal after months of negotiating.

"Politics used to be the art of the possible," he told HuffPost. "Now it's the art of the impossible."

Sam Cabral
Reporting from Capitol Hill

The nature of the vote count painted a picture of how this bill has crumbled.

There has been widespread discussion of how its border provisions are arguably the tightest and most restrictive ever proposed, but once key Republicans turned against the measure, it was all but dead.

For the past hour, Democrats entered the chamber, voted and then stuck around. Many of them are still inside the chamber, huddled in conversation circles.

Republicans for the most part came in to cast their votes and then immediately left the floor.

The bipartisan enthusiasm had all but died over the course of the week - and the failed vote was just a formality.

We've just heard a motion to reconsider from Senator Chuck Schumer. But what does that mean, exactly?

In the often complicated world of the US Congress, a motion to reconsider takes place when any Senator "voting on the prevailing side" can call for a particular measure to be reconsidered.

"Every motion to reconsider shall be decided by a majority vote," notes the official rulebook of the US Senate.

For our purposes, this means that the senators are now voting on whether - or not - they revote on the measure.

The $118bn border security and foreign aid package has officially failed.

The final tally was 49 for, 50 against. To have passed, the bill would have needed 60 votes in favour.

Stay with us for more updates. We're sure to hear reactions from senators shortly, as well as whatever the next steps might be.

Chuck Schumer is expected to tee up another procedural vote later today on the watered down foreign assistance package, which includes funds for Ukraine and Israel but not for border security.

Sam Cabral
Reporting from Capitol Hill

Republican Mitch McConnell just made his way slowly up the stairway into the Senate chamber, grabbed the attention of the clerks, pointed downward to indicate he was voting no and then walked back out again.

"McConnell is a no?" the reporter next to me exclaimed.

That's because the Senate minority leader expended a lot of political capital on this bill, supporting his colleagues' push to tie new aid for Ukraine and Israel with border reforms.

Then, as Donald Trump publicly opposed the bill and the political tides shifted against it, McConnell reportedly faced pushback behind closed doors from other Republicans.

One, Ted Cruz of Texas, is even said to have openly called for his resignation because he was not in line with the rest of the party conference.

And so McConnell has reversed course, saying earlier this week the bill "has no real chance of becoming law".

In the past few minutes, we've also seen the next three most senior Republicans in this chamber - John Cornyn, John Thune and John Barrasso - all vote against this measure.

With 41 votes cast against the measure, the bill now appears to be doomed.

To advance, it would have needed 60 senators from the 100-member body to vote "yes".

Mathematically, that is no longer possible.

The result, however, is not official until the gavel is struck, as senators could, theoretically, change their minds.

We're nearing the end of the voting process - and the "no" votes have quickly caught up to the "yes" votes, as more Republicans vote against advancing the bill.

As things stand, 47 senators have voted to advance the bill, while 37 have voted against it.

It would need 60 votes to advance.

Sam Cabral
Reporting from Capitol Hill

More than half the conference has now voted - and we've had several Democrats voting no.

Elizabeth Warren, Alex Padilla and Bob Menendez are voting against the bill because they do not agree with its border reforms.

Ed Markey, another progressive, has also voted no.

Progressive Independent Bernie Sanders has also voted against the measure, as he opposes unconditional funding for Israel's war in Gaza.

Republican Lisa Murkowski, a yes vote, has meanwhile popped up to the press gallery, where she is deep in conversation with the New York Times' chief political correspondent.

I'm not entirely sure she is meant to be up here, just as we are not meant to be in the chamber.

Her colleagues huddled in conversation on the Senate floor below just spotted her and laughed as they asked what she's up to.

"I've had enough of you. I've left y'all," the Alaska senator declared with a giggle.

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Voting has slowed down even more, with lengthy pauses of several minutes between each senator casting their vote.

On the live feed from the chamber floor (which you can watch by pressing the play button at the top of this page), several senators can be seen milling about, while young senate pages sit huddled together in the centre of the room.

One very clearly has his head in his hands.

So far, 41 senators have voted to advance the bill, while 21 have voted "no".

Several Democrats - such as California's Alex Padilla - have voted against advancing the measure.

Padilla previously said he was opposed to the bill, which he said did not provide enough relief for migrants.

Bernd Debusmann Jr
US Reporter

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The votes are still slowly coming through, it's currently 36 in favour and 14 against.

So while that's going on, let's quickly look at Mitch McConnell, the Republican minority leader in the Senate, who is facing growing dissention from fellow party members for his work negotiating the bill.

McConnell, 82, had previously embraced the bill and has been a vocal advocate of additional assistance for Ukraine.

Among those who have criticised his handling of the negotiations and subsequent bill is Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who yesterday called on McConnell to step down.

"I think a Republican leader should actually lead this conference and should advance the priorities of Republicans," Cruz said.

In his remarks on Tuesday, Cruz said that the bill was "designed to lose".

Other Senators that have voiced their opposition to McConnell include Florida Republican Rick Scott, Ohio Senator JD Vance and Missouri Republican Eric Schmitt.