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Rand Paul(R-Kentucky) was the lone senator to stall a bipartisan effort to send $40 billion in aid to Ukraine. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) worked together to present an offer that would allow a vote on Paul’s proposed amendment in hopes of satisfying Paul to avoid delaying passage to next week, but Paul would not budge. He would have needed to garner 60 votes. He insisted that the placement of an inspector general to have oversight of spending in Ukraine be tacked onto the original bill. “This is the second spending …