D-N.Y., has said he will tee up a procedural vote on the new aid package as soon as Wednesday, but it’s unclear whether it will even have the 60 votes needed to pass the upper chamber.
(CNN) — The Senate passed a $95.3 billion foreign aid bill with assistance for Ukraine and Israel in a vote early Tuesday morning, setting up a showdown with the House as Speaker Mike Johnson has criticized the legislation. The foreign aid package includes billions of dollars to support Ukra...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called on House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, to allow a vote on the Senate's foreign aid bill in the lower chamber. "I want to encourage the speaker again to allow a vote," the Kentucky Republican said Tuesday. "Let the House speak o...
"Instead, the Senate's foreign aid bill is silent on the most pressing issue facing our country," he said in a statement, adding that: "The House will have to continue to work its own will on these important matters." The Senate vote could be held as early as 7 a.m. EST on Tuesd...
The fourth bill would allow the sale of frozen assets of Russian oligarchs to help fund future aid to Ukraine, potentially force thesale of TikTokand authorize stricter sanctions on Russia, China and Iran. The House approved the fourth bill Saturday in a 360 to 58 vote. ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has refused to hold a vote on the foreign aid bill, which includes $48.3 billion in additional military assistance for Ukraine. TheSenate passed the bill 70-29earlier this month over objections from former President Donald Trump, the likely Republican presid...
In spite of the GOP infighting, the House of Representatives on April 20 passed a foreign aid package that included a bill providing more funding to aid Ukraine. The Ukraine bill drew relatively low support, with more Republican members of Congress voting against it than for it, but it was ...
The US Senatepasseda $95.3 billion foreign aid bill with assistance for Ukraine and Israel in February, but House SpeakerMike Johnsonhas so far refused to hold a vote on passing the package for Ukraine. Related articleAs Russia tests for weak spots, Ukraine is banking on enemy mistakes ...
After months of resisting putting a foreign aid bill on the House floor, GOP Speaker Mike Johnson joined with Democrats to advance the measure to Saturday’s vote. The bipartisan move drew the ire of some hardline members in the Republican Party, who are supporting an effort to oust him. ...
The House on Thursday evening passed its $826.5 billion defense spending legislation and aseparate bill with $300 million in Ukraine aid, while failing on Friday to approve its stopgapfunding measure to help avoid a government shutdown.Nearly two dozen House Republicans joined all Democrats in ...