The House voted overwhelmingly to approve the aid bill for allies in the Indo-Pacific in a 385 to 34 vote, with one member voting present, along with the aid for Israel, with a 366 to 58 vote. More contentious was the vote on Ukraine aid, which came after months of infighting among H...
Washington — President Biden urged House Republicans to "immediately" take up a $95 billion foreign aid bill that includes assistance to Ukraine and Israel after the Senate passed the measure early Tuesday, saying that "there's no question" that it would pass if brought to the House floor. ...
Earlier Friday, the lower chamber voted 218-210 to clear a key procedural hurdle for the measure amid opposition from Democrats and some hardline Republicans. Even if House Republicans approved the bill, it would not be advanced in the Democratic-controlled Senate, as it calls for deep spending ...
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A spokesperson for Jordan said after the end of the first round that House members should be prepared to vote again Tuesday. Here are the Republicans who voted against Jordan on the first vote: Rep. Don Bacon,of Nebraska, was the first to cast a vote for McCarthy. ...
There’s also little clarity into what the Senate’s 60-vote threshold can bear. Beyond the specifics of the $106 billion supplemental bill, Republicans are debating the philosophical concept of marrying Israel aid with the ongoing funding for Ukraine’s defense. ...
The new speaker told Senate Republicans at a party lunch that he wants GOP border negotiators to push for as much as possible of the conservative House-passed border bill known as H.R. 2, according to senators who were in the room. That proposal is a nonstarter with the Senate's Democrat...