WASHINGTON — Facing a divided party and pressure to act, House Speaker Mike Johnson rolled out three bills Wednesday to provide assistance to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, with the hope of holding final votes on Saturday. The bills represent a major test of Johnson’s ability to navigate a thicket of political and global challenges with a wafer-thin majority. And it comes as Johnson, R-La., faces a serious threat to his gavel from Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky....
The House of Representatives has voted to advance four separate bills that include two on funding for Ukraine and Israel. NBC News' Ali Vitali has details on what comes next for the legislation as Speaker Johnson discusses the vote with reporters.
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Majority leader Chuck Schumer says bill, which House approved last week, is ‘important part of our national security toolkit’The US Senate has reached an agreement to approve the reauthorization of a controversial surveillance program and plans to vote on it on Friday night, Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer said.If the Senate votes to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which the House approved last week, it would secure what supporters call a key element of the United...
The House will take up a vote on an antisemitism bill next week following the rise of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rhetoric on university and college campuses. The Rules Committee plans to meet on Monday to take up several bills, including the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023. It was introduced by Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), who […]
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WASHINGTON — The Senate voted to reauthorize a powerful surveillance tool the U.S. government describes as critical to combating terrorism, after defeating efforts by civil liberties advocates on the left and right to rein it in. The vote of 60-34 sends the bill to President Joe Biden, who has championed it. The legislation extends Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, for two more years. The final vote came after the Senate defeated six amendments from progressive...
Former Attorney General Bill Barr appears to be endorsing Donald Trump in 2024 after years of decrying the former president, according to a new report. “I’ve said all along, given two bad choices, I think it’s my duty to pick the person I think would do the least harm to the country, and in my mind, that’s — I will vote the Republican ticket, " Barr said in a Fox News appearance last year. Barr, a lifelong Republican, served as Trump's second attorney general from 2019 to 2020. Barr then...
Former Attorney General Bill Barr's "about-face" from one of Donald Trump's most vocal critics to political endorser spurred outrage from one of his former colleagues Monday. Alyssa Farah Griffin, the former president's communications director, shredded the Republican's stated reasons for backing Trumps' presidential reelection bid during an interview with Kaitlan Collins, the CNN host who quizzed Barr about his endorsement during on-air sit-down interview Friday. "Honestly, the interview...
By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Late Thursday night, the House Rules Committee passed a series of foreign aid bills out of committee using Democratic support, in a sign that Republicans in the chamber will need to rely on Democrats to pass the legislation. Three Republicans – Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ralph Norman of
The House GOP Caucus seems on the verge of open civil war as the House Rules Committee debates the rule for voting on the foreign aid bills Speaker Johnson has pledged to bring to a vote on Saturday.
The House voted Friday in a bipartisan manner to advance a key foreign aid package, a significant step in sending aid to Ukraine and Israel and setting up a final vote as soon as Saturday. In an extraordinary move, more Democrats (165) supported the measure than Republicans (151). The Democratic votes were necessary to overcome opposition from Speaker Mike Johnson’s right flank, who will likely only increase their calls to oust him. The fight over the bills – and the potential for right-wing...