Speaker Mike Johnson plans separate US House votes this week on new aid to Israel and Ukraine, in an attempt to assemble fragile coalitions to speed weaponry to both besieged allies.
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday unveiled a proposal for sending wartime aid to Israel and Ukraine as he seeks to fend off a right-wing revolt that could put his leadership in peril. The Louisiana Republican said he plans to put four separate bills on the floor,
House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing toward action this week on aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, unveiling an elaborate plan Monday to break the package into separate votes to squeeze through the House's political divides on foreign policy.
House Republicans released the text of three bills Wednesday that would provide aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region, with the latter intended to help deter Chinese aggression in the area.
Shortly after Johnson released the funding proposals, Democrat Biden offered his emphatic support for the package. "The House must pass the package this week, and the Senate should quickly follow," Biden said.
President Biden on Wednesday came out in support of Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) proposal for three separate bills providing U.S. aid to Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific, urging passage of the bills this week.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), after months of inaction on a Senate-passed bill to fund Ukraine and Israel, proposed breaking the bill into four parts that would be voted on separately then reassembled for Senate consideration.
The White House is keeping an open mind about House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to advance separate bills to fund Ukraine and Israel’s defence needs as long as both countries’ needs are addressed. On Monday,
The fate of US aid to Ukraine hung in the balance Tuesday as House Speaker Mike Johnson faced potential revolt from within his Republican party over his complex plan to renew the long-delayed funding along with fresh assistance for Israel.
The Speaker of the US House of Representatives has said the chamber will vote on separate bills to provide aid for Ukraine and Israel this week, a move that faces legislative hurdles but could end months of congressional inaction over support for Kyiv.
The White House on Tuesday said “at first blush” Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) proposal for a series of bills to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan addresses the administration’s national security requests,
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday unveiled a trio of supplemental spending bills covering aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, setting a path
US President Joe Biden said Wednesday he strongly backed long-delayed support for Ukraine and Israel after the Republican leader of the House of Representatives announced a vote on an aid package.
Speaker Mike Johnson is sticking with his plan to put a series of foreign aid bills on the floor, including funding for Ukraine, after facing significant pressure from hardliners.