A $61 billion aid bill for Ukraine passed a divided House on Saturday as part of a package of aid worth about $95 billion. The vote on the Ukraine aid bill was 211-112, with 210 Democrats and 101 Republicans supporting the bill and 112 Republicans voting against it, according to the U.K. Guardian. What at […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s job appeared to be safe for the immediate future after ushering through a foreign aid package Saturday, but a few conservatives say they’re weighing a threat to oust him in the future. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia Republican, told reporters after the passage of the foreign aid package that she may […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s job appeared to be safe for the immediate future after ushering through a foreign aid package Saturday, but a few conservatives say they’re weighing a threat to oust him in the future. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia Republican, told reporters after the passage of the foreign aid package that she may […]
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 […]
If a belligerent state launched 185 explosive drones, 36 cruise missiles and 110 surface-to-surface missiles from three fronts against civilian targets within the United States, would President Joe Biden call it a “win”? Would the president tell us that the best thing we can do now is show “restraint”? […]
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 […]
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 […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) introduced an amendment on Wednesday that proposed that any member of Congress who votes to send aid to Ukraine must enlist to fight for Ukraine. “Any Member of Congress who votes in favor of this Act shall be required to conscript in the Ukrainian military,” the amendment reads, according to […]
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