Johnson tells senators he's still looking for path on Ukraine aid
Source: CNN
Speaker Mike Johnson told Republican senators during their closed-door retreat Wednesday that he was committed to finding a path ahead for Ukraine aid in the House of Representatives, a sign GOP senators took to mean that aid to the embattled country isnt yet dead in Congress.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a Republican from Oklahoma, told CNN that Johnson made clear he understood the importance and the urgency of it and was looking for a path forward.
But Johnsons message to senators also indicated the package he is looking at is unlikely to look like the $95 billion package the Senate passed. Republicans have been looking at using some kind of loan program, which wouldnt outright give equipment to Ukraine, but would be part of a kind of lend-lease program.
CNN reported earlier this month that Johnson has been working closely with House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican, to find a way to craft a Ukraine aid package that could include elements like McCauls REPO Act, which would seize Russian assets and transfer them to Ukraine and perhaps a way to include some of the aid in a loan program, an idea originally floated by former President Donald Trump.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/14/politics/congress-ukraine-aid-plans/index.html
Unconfirmed reports that he's also looking for his balls.
Traildogbob
(8,758 posts)Lovie777
(12,278 posts)calguy
(5,315 posts)up for a vote in the House. It'll pass with bipartisan support. But instead, Moses Mike must appease his lord and savior Donald Trump before he can make a move like that on his own.
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)Sure he is.
getagrip_already
(14,764 posts)Just hand it the clerk and schedule a vote.
It's not like schedule has anything on it. The house isn't even naming post offices.
pwb
(11,276 posts)You just put it up for a vote little guy. Simple.
Walleye
(31,028 posts)The Republicans in Congress have a bad case of cant do shit for nothin
PortTack
(32,778 posts)Speakership if he does the right thing with aide to Ukraine.
orangecrush
(19,572 posts)cstanleytech
(26,298 posts)After all Trump's only a VP that works under the close supervision of his own boss who's headquarters is in Moscow.