The U.S. ally is running dangerously low on ammunition in its war with Russia. Speaker Mike Johnson said this week’s priority was averting a shutdown and Ukraine will be next.
March 23, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT
By Scott Wong and Julie Tsirkin
WASHINGTON — After voting to avert a government shutdown Friday, the House left town for its two-week Easter recess without passing critical military aid for Ukraine as the war-torn nation runs dangerously low on ammunition in its fight against the Russian invasion.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he wanted to finish funding the government before shifting his attention to foreign aid for a trio of U.S. allies: Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. And he has rebuffed calls from other leaders to put the $95 billion Senate-passed aid package on the House floor, saying he is drafting his own Ukraine package.
But it means that the lower chamber won’t address funding for Kyiv until mid-April — at the earliest. And Johnson has given few hints as to how he might construct his supplemental aid package, though he maintains it is a priority.
“There’s a number of avenues that we’ve been looking at to address that,” Johnson told reporters this week, adding that funding the U.S. government needed to come first. “And having done that now, we’ll turn our attention to it and we won’t delay.”
So how many Ukrainian soldiers will die while you are on the golf course, or in your “church?”, Mr Spewker?
And how many thousands have already died thanks to you and your magaputler turd friends?
Dan Rice; West Point graduate and President, American University Kyiv, commented on his LI page about this news item:
“The House leaves for a two week break- as the largest war in Europe in 80 years hangs in the balance.
The members clearly do not understand how perilous the situation is and how low Ukrainian forces are in critical weapons.
As soon as the House approves the President will sign and weapons will flow.”
I certainly hope he’s right.
Never seen such an aSShole…………………………………
😠😤🤬
“he has rebuffed calls from other leaders to put the $95 billion Senate-passed aid package on the House floor, saying he is drafting his own Ukraine package.”
Just more stalling in service of his orange god.
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, indicated he heard a similar timeline from Johnson but is skeptical a successful Ukraine aid vote will come to fruition.
“His plan is to come up with a plan. He hasn’t got one,” Smith told Axios. “We’ll see. He’s got to have something to vote on.”