Johnson gives House GOP's Ukraine backers room to craft plan as pressure builds for floor vote

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Source: CNN Politics

Published 7:00 AM EST, Sun March 3, 2024


CNN — Speaker Mike Johnson swiftly derailed the Senate’s bipartisan aid package for Ukraine, but he’s left the door open to a new proposal emerging in the House. Behind the scenes, Johnson has met privately with House Republicans who have been trying to build support for a new bipartisan foreign aid package that includes restrictions on the US border with Mexico. And now House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul is taking a lead role in trying to finalize a proposal and build consensus within the conference as part of a push for floor action by late March or April.

Johnson has not yet taken a position on the plan or committed to giving it a floor vote, telling his colleagues that they need to finalize government funding legislation first. But once that process is done by mid-March, Republican backers of the plan believe he will let it come to the floor – even it risks backlash from hard-right members or even a vote for his ouster from the speakership.

“More than you think,” Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a leader of the effort, said bluntly when asked about the support the GOP leadership team has given his bipartisan proposal. “We have to get something done.”

Still, getting legislation through the House remains an extremely tall order. Republicans are badly divided over Ukraine, and former President Donald Trump could effectively kill the bill with one social media post. Plus, ample Democratic support would be needed to pass it – a tall order given that the package includes new border restrictions and aid to Israel that would likely prompt a revolt on the left.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/03/politics/mike-johnson-ukraine-funding/index.html

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1. A watered-down fig leaf to cover a prune of a bill

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2. Well Johnson's orange gawd tells him...........................

don't do it. The bipartisan house members say we'll to it anyways because of the 30 day rule.

The RWers wing of the effed up party, GQP, are bleeding money and supporters. Johnson needs to man up, and if they try to oust another leader again, it will be a very damaging look for them, which I guess they don't even care.

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3. Another line of concise attack against Trump and GOP-- Russia Supporters!!! Don't let them play this off as being...

...fiscally responsible. "Supporting the godless hordes" may shake up the Christian MAGA base.

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4. The Speaker should not be able to veto a bill**

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7. You do realize I am documenting every one of these.

Changes are needed for LBN.

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6. Johnson can go pound sand ......................and it has been reported that he has taken dark money

from the Russian and he tried to help overthrow my vote and 70 million others, with that fraudulent scheme ...................he should be under indictment along with any and all that tried to subvert the Constitution and the voting .............