You almost have to see it to believe it, but after the House successfully passed HR 803, also known as the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, House Democrats erupted into chants of “Ukraine!” and brandished small Ukrainian flags on the House floor. This is the U.S. House of Representatives […]
Speaker Mike Johnson pushed a $95 billion foreign aid package to passage in the House on Saturday amid threats by the GOP’s far-right flank that it’ll move to oust him over it. The sweeping package, passed in four separate bills, includes aid funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, along with a fourth measure that sanctions […]
“You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time,” Abraham Lincoln supposedly said. House Speaker Mike Johnson is the living embodiment of that […]
WASHINGTON — The House is preparing in a rare Saturday session to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, Democrats and Republicans joining together behind the legislation after a grueling monthslong fight over renewed American support for repelling Russia‘s invasion into Ukraine. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, putting his […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson leaned on significant help from Democrats to advance his $95 billion aid package on the House floor Friday, setting up final passage Saturday as he faces an increasingly disgruntled right flank threatening to oust him. More than 160 House Democrats voted with the GOP to advance the four-part measure, which includes […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson is on the cusp of being summarily dumped by the right wing of his party after it was suggested that the rules be changed to require more than one member to sign on to a motion to remove the speaker from office. A Johnson ally, […]
Efforts by conservative Republicans to prevent a House vote on foreign aid bills to Ukraine, Israel and Pacific allies failed Thursday after Democrats intervened. The four bills include another $60.84 billion in taxpayer money for Ukraine, $26.38 billion for Israel and $8.12 billion for Pacific allies such as Taiwan. A fourth bill would demand TikTok’s […]
House Democrats late Thursday helped advance a $95 billion foreign aid package in a rare move that salvaged federal money for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and bailed out embattled Speaker Mike Johnson. A 9 to 3 committee vote to send the four-part aid package to the House floor quashed efforts by House conservatives to derail […]
Embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson plowed forward Thursday with plans to pass a $95 billion foreign aid package despite staunch opposition from conservatives and a threat to oust him by a pair of Republican hard-liners. The House is slated to vote Saturday on a four-part aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that mirrors legislation […]
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday mused about why Europe hasn’t offered more assistance to Ukraine, as he weighed into the fight in Congress over a new aid bill for Ukraine’s war against Russian invaders. “Why isn’t Europe giving more money to help Ukraine? Why is it that the United States is over $100 Billion […]
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