The Senate has begun consideration of a package, H.R.815 – Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, to deliver $95 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The legislation, which includes four bills, passed the House over the weekend with bipartisan support. President Joe… Read More
The House voted resoundingly on Saturday afternoon to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) put his job on the line to advance the long-stalled aid package by marshaling support from mainstream Republicans and Democrats. The vote was 311 to 112 in favor of the aid… Read More
The House just advanced legislation to send aid to Ukraine and other embattled U.S. allies overseas, clearing a key procedural hurdle after Democrats stepped in to back the measure, a rare move by the minority party, but one that was crucial to move the package forward in the face of fierce conservative opposition. Three Republicans… Read More
Facing a divided party and pressure to act, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) finally rolled out three bills Wednesday to provide assistance to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, with the hope of holding final votes on Saturday night. The Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 The Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 The Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental… Read More
Facing a very divided Republican party, pressure to act, and a threat to his young speakership, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) says he is close to releasing the text of his plan to send aid to U.S. allies, including Ukraine, despite sharp criticism from conservatives in his caucus. Speaker Johnson informed GOP lawmakers in a text… Read More
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has unveiled an outline of his plan to move foreign aid through the House, pitching four separate bills to address aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and other national security priorities that he says will all get votes before the end of the week. The strategy sparked an immediate predictable backlash from… Read More
Both the House and Senate are in session today, with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) expected to finally put foreign aid legislation on the floor — a move that is taking on increased importance after Iran’s attack on Israel over the weekend, and one that still comes with a number of political pitfalls as Representative Marjorie… Read More
As fractured House Republicans struggle to pass Ukraine aid and an all-important FISA reauthorization, House Republican leadership is eyeing a Plan B to reauthorize the country’s spying authority after a band of 19 GOP lawmakers blocked the legislation from advancing Wednesday. The plan under discussion would shorten the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign… Read More
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) renewed her threat today to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) from House leadership in a lengthy and biting five page letter sent to her Republican colleagues. Greene has threatened to remove Johnson from the speaker’s office after Johnson opted to work with Democrats to pass significant pieces of appropriations bills… Read More
Congress returns to Capitol Hill this week following its two week Easter recess and having wrapped up a turbulent fiscal 2024 appropriations process but still staring down a host of pressing priorities. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-New York) bipartisan wish-list, which he laid out Friday in a Dear Colleague letter to Senate Democrats, is… Read More
