House GOP blasts ‘joke’ loan to Ukraine in latest blow to Johnson’s foreign aid plan
by Washington Examiner
Washington Examiner— Hard-line House Republicans are coming out in strong opposition to House Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-LA) four-pronged foreign aid package, particularly over a stipulation in the Ukraine aid bill that the loan can be canceled by the president in a few years — a move that some are calling a “joke.” Johnson’s long-awaited four-bill foreign aid […]
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