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 - A $1.7 trillion spending bill financing federal agencies through September and providing more aid to a devastated Ukraine cleared the House on Friday as lawmakers race to finish their work for the year and avoid a partial government shutdown. The bill passed mostly along party lines...
The House of Representatives was in no rush this week to consider a Ukraine aid package that also provides billions tojumpstart a domestic uranium enrichment industry, the Speaker of the House said. "We are not going to be forced into action by the Senate," Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), ...
The White House has been pushing Mr Johnson to allow a vote, as have Senate Republicans and Democrats. “If House Republicans put the Senate supplemental (spending bill) on the floor, I believe it would pass today, reach the president’s desk tonight and Israel would get the ...
"I call on the speaker to let the full House speak its mind and not allow a minority of the most extreme voices in the House to block this bill even from being voted on," the president said.
It’s a victory for leaders CHUCK SCHUMERandMITCH McCONNELL, but the bill now heads to the House, where SpeakerMIKE JOHNSONis not exactly rolling out the welcome wagon — far from it. The endgame …This morning’s vote followed an all-night talkathon from the GOP’s America First wing, ...
Then in February, the House torpedoed a standalone Israel aid bill, with many Democrats opting against the $17.6 billion bill as the Senate worked towards a full foreign aid package. On Saturday, they finally secured the elusive aid. The package now goes to the Senate, which is expected to...
Schumer expects 'swift, bipartisan' passage of next Ukraine aid bill U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he expected "swift, bipartisan" passage of another bill to aid Ukraine in its fight against Russia once President Joe Biden submits a new funding request. ...
The House has passed a $95 billion package providing foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region. A fourth bill in the package addressed other House GOP priorities, including sanctions on Iran and a measure that could lead to a TikTok ban. The legislation will be combined int...
In a first key test of the measures, the House Rules Committee will meet Thursday morning to advance Johnson’s plans for the foreign aid package. However, the three hardliners on the panel who blocked the border security bill Wednesday have also threatened to oppose a rule on the foreign ...