House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with White House to advance Ukraine aid
Source: AP
Updated 12:33 AM EDT, April 12, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House, a top House Republican said Thursday.
House Republican Leader Steve Scalise told reporters that Johnson had been talking with White House officials about a package that would deviate from the Senates $95 billion foreign security package and include several Republican demands. It comes after Johnson has delayed for months on advancing aid that would provide desperately needed ammunition and weaponry for Kyiv, trying to find the right time to advance a package that will be a painful political lift.
Theres been no agreement reached, Scalise said. Obviously there would have to an agreement reached not just with the White House, but with our own members.
Johnson, R-La., is being stretched between a Republican conference deeply divided in its support for Ukraine, as well as two presidential contenders at odds over the U.S.s posture towards the rest of the world. President Joe Biden has repeatedly chastised Republicans for not helping Ukraine, saying they are doing the bidding of Russian President Vladimir Putin and hurting U.S. security. Meanwhile, Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican candidate, has said he would negotiate an end to the conflict as he tries to push the U.S. to a more isolationist stance.
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drray23
(7,637 posts)And adding bullshit demands . He will never be able to satisfy his crazies while retaining enough votes for the rest, not to mention the senate who will have to vote on it.
Lovie777
(12,321 posts)not from the so called Christian.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,020 posts)He's a daft coward.
CousinIT
(9,256 posts)They have a right to their opinions and to go on media and free speech etc. ---BUT when they start meeting with MoC to influence congressional decisions on currently proposed and not-yet-passed legislation or bills - NO. That kind of influence should be ILLEGAL.
We should have ONLY ONE PRESIDENT at one time.
Right now, we have TWO. One who is actually the President, and the other one who thinks he still is and who was voted out and violently refused to leave.
Meetings between the current SoH (or any current MoC) and former POTUSes should be illegal. If SoH or congressional members want to meet w/ a former POTUS to discuss policy or legislation, he or she must first step down from Congress.
Period.
hueymahl
(2,510 posts)oasis
(49,401 posts)TODAY!
I hope it's not on the taxpayer's dime and isn't that a violation of the Hatch Act?
Quanto Magnus
(898 posts)will fight this tooth and nail...
And then they'll follow through with Moscow Marge's attempt to remove Johnson...