What House leadership says
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaking at a weekly press conference on Wednesday said “The clock is ticking, and we have to get the bipartisan national security bill over the finish line before we leave town next Friday, March 22. It’s reckless to do otherwise.” Jeffries urged GOP leaders to get the foreign aid package that the Senate has already passed ready to be signed by US President Joe Biden by the end of next week.
Jeffries agreed with the warning Poland’s President Andrzej Duda made in the US Congress this week, that a Russian invasion of a NATO ally would likely accelerate US involvement, putting American troops in harm’s way, the Hill reported.
According to the House Minority Leader, the US “cannot allow Ukraine to be overrun by Russia, because what will happen is that American lives are likely to be on the line — unless we were to believe that if Putin wins in Ukraine, he stops there, when he didn’t stop in Georgia, and he didn’t stop in Crimea.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson has expressed his general support for providing further aid to Ukraine, but he remains opposed to the $95 billion foreign aid package approved by 70 senators, including 22 Republicans, last month.
Following a meeting with Duda, Johnson told senators that the House will send a Ukraine aid package to the Senate but floated the idea of making it a loan or lend-lease program so US taxpayers would not be shelling out tens of billions of dollars without any expectation of getting a return, according to senators who participated in the discussion.
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What House members say
According to the Hill, several key GOP committee leaders have stressed the need for additional military aid to Kyiv amid Russia's recent advances on the front line.
In particular, a handful of Republicans, led by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, have launched a discharge petition designed as a “pressure point” to push GOP leaders to bring Ukraine aid to the floor.
Democrat Jim McGovern has filed a second discharge petition to force a vote on the bipartisan bill. His petition has already got almost 180 signatures, while Fitzpatrick's has 14, according to Jeffries.
“That’s not dueling discharge petitions. It’s a reaffirmation that the only clear path is to put the bipartisan, comprehensive Senate-passed bill on the House floor for an up-or-down vote. And it will pass overwhelmingly with Democrats and Republicans,” Jeffries said.
The date he announced for the passing of aid to Ukraine coincides with the deadline for six bills to fund the government until the end of the 2024 fiscal year.
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Comments (4)
President Trump will be returning to his rightful place in the WH after the November elections. It’s almost time for MAGA.
MRGA Mike Johnson and his russian PAC money will do whatever he can to stop Ukraine from getting th support the majority in th eUSA want them to be given. He sits there with his swarmy fake smile pretending to be willing to stop MRGA stalling, but he won't.
Stop playing his game USA House bipartisan majority. Boot this putin plant out the house door (or jail for complicity in an attempted insurrection), and get this long delayed job done. Your nation's reputation and putins power only grows each day you delay aid to Ukraine.
Please do what your were hired to do. Do what is right and do it quickly.
@David Steel,
It appears @"Jack 'briben' Griffen" is Impersonating JOHN.
I'm sure deep down the trolls are quite jealous of us eh David? Keep up your great work supporting Ukraine. It is much appreciated!
Cheers
John
Spend it wisely if you get it.
If it all goes tits up in november it will be the last you ever get from the US. As for lend lease, Johnson's suggestion is disgusting in the circumstances.
Pay him back a dollar a week.
@David Steel, you dumb fuck. Both sides of the aisle favor the war.
@"Jack 'briben' Griffen" is Impersonating me.
I'm sure deep down the trolls are quite jealous of us eh David? Keep up your great work supporting Ukraine. It is much appreciated.
Cheers
John
@John, yes, please. John and David two stupid peas in a pod. F off.
@troll 'jack briben griffin' now appearing as 'Beau Bidenish'.
Well troll jack you are just giving away all your secret identities today. Did you get banned under too many of your other MRGA assigned names and decide use this one instead?
You are right though that putin and putinrump are two peas in a pod. When putinrump ends up in jail how many years do you think he will live. Its seems he's increasingly suffering cognitive decline and its come on so fast and heavy it looks like he's already sprinting to the devils finish line.
Still he might outlive putin....I wonder if they still use the long rope drop method like they did at Nuremberg.
@David Steel,
@"Jack 'briben' Griffen" is Impersonating JOHN.
I'm sure deep down the trolls are quite jealous of us eh David? Keep up your great work supporting Ukraine. It is much appreciated!
Cheers
John