The US House of Representatives will consider aid to Israel and Ukraine as separate legislation this week, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said, more than two months after the Senate passed a bill combining the two.
Leaving a meeting of House Republicans yesterday evening, Mr Johnson said the narrowly divided chamber would consider four bills altogether that would also include aid to Taiwan, US allies in the Indo-Pacific and US national security priorities.
US House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to put separate bills on assistance to Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine to a vote this week, Politico and The Hill reported, citing sources.
ReplyDeleteJohnson announced the plans in a private meeting with GOP lawmakers on Monday, Politico said. He is also going to put to a vote a fourth measure, a package that seeks a lend-lease deal for military aid, a ban on TikTok in the US and provisions "to sell off assets seized from Russian oligarchs," according to the report.
Johnson said on X: "I have just spoken with the House GOP conference on my plan to address national security supplemental legislation on the growing security crises. This week, we will consider separate bills with a structured and germane amendment process to: fund our ally Israel; support Ukraine <…>; strengthen our allies in the Indo-Pacific; pass additional measures to counter our adversaries and strengthen our national security."