House Speaker Mike Johnson says he will try to advance wartime aid for Israel this week
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he will try to advance wartime aid for Israel this week
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he will try to advance wartime aid as he attempts the difficult task of winning House approval for a national security package that also includes funding for Ukraine and allies in Asia.
April 16 (UPI) — House Speaker Mike Johnson announced late Monday that the House will vote this week on two separate aid packages for Israel and Ukraine, in response to “precipitating events around the globe.” Following months of delays, Johnson announced the plan, which includes a total of four packages, during a closed-door House GOP conference meeting Monday […] The post Speaker Mike Johnson says House to vote on separate Israel, Ukraine aid packages first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has announced a plan for the congressional chamber to vote on measures that would provide U.S. aid for countries such as Israel and Ukraine.Johnson said there will be votes on the "measures separately in four different pieces" that will cover assistance for Israel, Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific, and issues pertaining to "national security priorities." GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia said she believes this is the "wrong direction." "Our border is the number one...
House speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled his plans to pass foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific, with a vote likely on SaturdayUS House speaker, Mike Johnson, has said long-awaited votes on aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific will take place as soon as Saturday, putting the senior Republican on a collision course with members of his own party.At stake is $95bn of US security assistance that has been in limbo for months, amid fierce objections from far-right Republicans....
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) unveiled a gambit to burst a legislative logjam and unleash a four-vote flood including a standalone vote on tens of billions in American taxpayer aid to Ukraine.
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky said in a post on X that the House Sergeant at Arms warned that he would be fined $500 if he did not delete a video post. The video features footage of lawmakers waving Ukrainian flags on the House floor."Instead of fining democrats for waving flags, the House Sergeant at Arms just called and said I will be fined $500 if I don't delete this video post. Mike Johnson really wants to memory hole this betrayal of America," Massie tweeted.Blaze News attempted...
House Speaker Mike Johnson has pushed back against mounting Republican anger over his proposed U.S. aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would decide whether and how to respond to Iran’s major air assault earlier this week, brushing off calls for restraint from close allies. Israel has vowed to respond to Iran’s unprecedented attack, leaving the region bracing for further escalation after months of fighting in Gaza. Israel’s allies have been []
In a closed-door meeting, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said he would co-sponsor a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., brought forward by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., over his handling of foreign aid packages for Ukraine and other allies.
"The details of that package are being put together right now,” Johnson said Sunday on Fox News. “We’re looking at the options and all these supplemental issues.” The post House Speaker Johnson ‘Looking at Options’ on Foreign Aid After Iranian Attack on Israel first appeared on The Foreign Desk | by Lisa Daftari.