Dispute over Israel, Ukraine Aid Puts Speaker Johnson at Odds with Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell
Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) decision to split Israel and Ukraine aid puts him at odds with President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
The House will return to session on Wednesday, when the chamber will take on a slate of issues, including potential Ukraine and Israel funding.
House Republicans plan to pass a bill with $14 billion in aid for Israel, but they wish to offset the cost of the foreign aid, as Johnson’s team hopes to splinter Democrat unity.
Biden, Schumer, and McConnell want to pass Ukraine and Israel
together in a larger supplemental package without offsets for the
foreign aid. ---More...
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