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House lawmakers to offer their own Ukraine and border bill
House lawmakers to offer their own Ukraine and border billHouse Republicans are planning to unveil a Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and border bill as an alternative to the border-free package that passed the Senate on Tuesday, a lawmaker leading the effort said Wednesday.
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) told reporters the proposed pathway could be revealed as early as Thursday — and that he will brief Speaker Mike Johnson on its contents prior to its release. He said he is working with “a handful” of colleagues from both parties in the Senate and House, but declined to name names or give details of the proposal.
“Stay tuned in the next 24 hours, I think you'll see something that I think will be bipartisan,” he said, adding he wasn’t sure if it would be a formal proposal from the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus. He co-chairs the group with Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.).
Fitzpatrick said Johnson claimed during Wednesday morning’s House GOP conference meeting that President Joe Biden would not meet with him on border security measures, reiterating comments made by Majority Leader Steve Scalise during a Tuesday interview with CNN.
“We were just told that the president will not sit down with him,” said the Pennsylvania centrist, who also co-chairs the Congressional Ukraine Caucus. “So it's kind of hard to negotiate when the president won’t sit down with him.”
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) told reporters the proposed pathway could be revealed as early as Thursday — and that he will brief Speaker Mike Johnson on its contents prior to its release. He said he is working with “a handful” of colleagues from both parties in the Senate and House, but declined to name names or give details of the proposal.
“Stay tuned in the next 24 hours, I think you'll see something that I think will be bipartisan,” he said, adding he wasn’t sure if it would be a formal proposal from the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus. He co-chairs the group with Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.).
Fitzpatrick said Johnson claimed during Wednesday morning’s House GOP conference meeting that President Joe Biden would not meet with him on border security measures, reiterating comments made by Majority Leader Steve Scalise during a Tuesday interview with CNN.
“We were just told that the president will not sit down with him,” said the Pennsylvania centrist, who also co-chairs the Congressional Ukraine Caucus. “So it's kind of hard to negotiate when the president won’t sit down with him.”
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