“I think he was torn between trying to save his job and doing the right thing,” said McCaul, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee who has pushed for months for more Ukraine aid. “We’ve told him what’s at stake here, and you want to be on the right side of history...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson has sat on a funding package that would send desperately needed ammunition and weaponry to Ukraine for over a month.
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 ...
Former President Donald Trump, who recently met with House Speaker Mike Johnson at Mar-a-Lago, has expressed openness to structuring Ukraine aid as a loan. Demands of Johnson GOP Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma told CNN that Johnson is allowing germane amendment votes on these bills...
House Democrats are conducting an impeachment inquiry into whether Trump abused his office by pressuring Ukraine into launching investigations that could benefit him politically. Lawmakers are also examining whether the Republican tied a White House meeting or aid to Ukraine to those investigations. ...
Mr Johnson also faces a threat from a hard-right Republicans to oust him as speaker if he allows the Ukraine aid to move ahead. Many on the right, especially those closely allied with former president Donald Trump, who has been sceptical of assisting Kyiv in its fight against...
President Joe Biden’s $106 billion national security request is in big trouble on Capitol Hill. Even before it hits the leaderless House, Senate GOP divisions are threatening to sink the proposal — or dramatically reshape it. Republicans are split over whether to link Israel and Ukraine aid,...
The proposal focuses primarily on military aid that can deliver a "knock-out punch" in the fight with Russia and simultaneously address GOP concerns about the conflict's endgame, as well as the $61.4 billion price tag of President Joe Biden's latest Ukraine proposal. "When they see this, ...
Trump's support for new Ukraine aid, which he has previously been cool to, would make it easier for Republicans to steer a package through the House. At the moment, the House and Senate are focused on funding the government past Friday and avoiding a shutdown. Once that saga is over, ...