Ekaterina Prisyazhnyuk08:40, 04/16/24
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Mike Johnson expects to complete voting on the bills this week, journalists have found out.
The full-scale war in Ukraine continues, and the Speaker of the US House of Representatives (lower house of Congress), Mike Johnson, plans to introduce separate bills in this legislative body on funding for the Ukrainian state, Israel, and Taiwan in order to break the month-long impasse over the provision of a $95 billion aid package dollars, which has already been approved by the Senate.
They decided to split the aid because “Republicans, as well as some Democrats, who do not approve of increased aid to Israel could be enough to defeat a combined bill,” writes The Wall Street Journal.
According to reporters, the Louisiana Republican said his colleagues’ will was to vote on aid to different states independently, “rather than lumping them together as the Senate did.”
The politician did not disclose the details of the draft laws – he provided scant details, and said that they expect to complete the voting on the documents this week.
The proposal, while it could help the House get around an immediate obstacle, could complicate efforts to get relief packages to Biden’s desk by requiring new action from the Democratic-controlled Senate, where lawmakers may disagree on any changes planned in the Chamber,” the material notes.
According to WSJ, it is also planned to adopt a fourth draft law, which will include:
- a proposal to use seized assets of the Russian Federation to pay for aid to Ukraine;
- ban or sale of TikTok in the US.
“Johnson said he has not yet decided whether the four bills, if passed, will be sent to the Senate separately or as a package,” reporters learned.
The Hill reports that the Speaker of the House of Representatives put forward his proposal for the division of aid on Monday, April 15, during a closed conference of the Republican Party, which was held in the basement of the Capitol.
“The plan is to first introduce a procedural rule governing all four bills: Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan will get their own, and the fourth will be dedicated to national security priorities. Then each proposal will be voted on separately…”, the material says.
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Trump is already elected before any aid will be passed, if any aid will be passed.
Nah, it will pass, finally. Its good they’re separate votes too, the Hamas wing of the Democrat party could vote against Ukraine aid trying to hurt Israel.
A Republican blocks aid to Ukraine for four months, leading to the death of Ukrainians every day.
RSM: buuuuuutttt the Democrats! Look at the Democrats! HAMAS Democrats!
#whataboutism
and then calls us partisans. 😂
^bert
“the Hamas wing of the Democrat party could vote against Ukraine”
Actually, there were 112 votes against the Ukraine bill, and all 112 votes against it came from Republicans.
The plan is to sabotage Ukraine without hurting Israel and Taiwan. GFY!
I have more or less the same feeling. I think the minimum plan of legislative terrorists is to further gain politically by imposing senseless amendments to the Ukrainian bill.
The maximum plan could be to collapse this package without preventing aid to Israël.
But the WH recalled that it will not validate aid if only Israel benefits from it.
Exactly, Mike. Yeah, that’s rather obvious. Trump’s idea is to enable arms deliveries to Israel, while also exposing the Dems’ division on supporting the extremist Netanyahu, but preventing aid for Ukraine. Help for Taiwan isn’t guaranteed, neither, as Trump likes the VIP treatment he gets from Xi. And what’s that nonsense about lumping Russian assets and TikTok together? Who knows if that will be put up to a vote at all.
No, I agree, this new move doesn’t raise optimism that Ukraine will get the supplies it needs. 😕
…procedural rule that would allow for amendments?
I am naturally optimistic in life. But until these packages are on Biden’s desk, I don’t believe it for a second.
Separate votes with the possibility of amendment could be fatal for Ukraine. As if by magic we will first vote on aid to Israel and then vote on the Ukrainian package where showers of amendments will fall on this bill. We will start again with endless negotiations on borders, liquefied gas… The WH is right to insist on 1 complete package.
“structured and germane amendment process ”
In the dictionary of the good legislative terrorist “structured” and “germane” means chaos and criminal blockade.
The free world is watching. We will judge based on the evidence.
Congress, we implore you to vote for this aid to Ukraine. The fate of more than 40 million people is in your hands!
“they expect to complete the voting on the documents this week.”
Well, if it doesn’t get done by Thursday, they’re not going to be back in session until Monday April 29.
I agree with RSM. Ukrainian aid will be passed in the house this week. It is ridiculous that this has been delayed two months since the Senate passed their version and yes I have been wrong about how long it would take for the Republicans to move forward. Yet my question is when the House passes Ukraine aid this week, are all of you skeptics going to admit you were wrong about it passing this week?
It won’t as the Congress wont be be in session for a week.
^bert
I very much doubt that it will be passed this week. (Meaning in the next 2 days, because after Thursday the House won’t be back in session until Monday, April 29.)
If they do manage to get it done, I will be very pleasantly surprised.
“this has been delayed two months since the Senate passed their version”
…six months since President Biden asked Congress for “$106 billion to aid Ukraine and Israel against attack by Russia, Iran, and their proxies.”
I’m very glad to see that you were correct.
I wasn’t “wrong about it passing this week”, since I didn’t say that it *wouldn’t*; I just said I was doubtful that it would.
However, I *was* wrong when I said that the House was not going to be back in session after Thursday until April 29. What I should have said was that they were not *scheduled* to be back in session. But they changed the schedule.
Feel free to gloat all you want; it won’t diminish my happiness that the aid was (finally) passed. (I still won’t be completely at ease until after it’s been approved by the Senate, though. After that, it’s a given that President Biden will sign it as soon as he receives it.)
Mike Johnson’s Ukraine-Israel Aid Plan Implodes as Republicans Rebel
WASHINGTON—Speaker Mike Johnson’s plans for the House to move long-stalled funding for Ukraine, Israel and other overseas allies were near collapse, with some conservatives again demanding border provisions in exchange for their support, while Democrats prepared a backup plan to try to force through aid.
[From WSJ via MSN]
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-johnson-s-ukraine-israel-aid-plan-implodes-as-republicans-rebel/ar-BB1lMTTB