Suspension calendar will avoid a ‘rules’ vote which is typically party line and the wackos could torpedo it.
“Johnson says he expects to take up Ukraine aid with Democratic votes”
“Speaker Mike Johnson told POLITICO that he expects to pass a future Ukraine assistance bill with Democratic votes, an acknowledgment of the persistent resistance to any new aid within the GOP.
Johnson said in a Thursday interview at the House Republican retreat that aid to both Ukraine and Israel could come up as one or even two separate bills. He said he anticipates it would happen using the House’s suspension calendar, which he’s used often in recent days to overcome pushback from his own party.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/14/mike-johnson-israel-ukraine-aid-bill-00147108
Interesting.
“Manhattan Prosecutors Propose a 30-Day Delay of Trump Trial”
“The Manhattan district attorney’s office sought to delay Donald J. Trump’s first criminal trial so a new batch of records could be reviewed.”
“Less than two weeks before Donald J. Trump is set to go on trial on criminal charges in Manhattan, the prosecutors who brought the case proposed a delay of up to 30 days, a startling development in the first prosecution of a former American president.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office, which accused Mr. Trump of covering up a sex scandal during and after the 2016 presidential campaign, said the delay would give Mr. Trump’s lawyers time to review a new batch of records. The office only recently obtained the records from federal prosecutors, who years ago investigated the same hush-money payments at the center of the case.
The potential postponement of the trial, which is scheduled to start with jury selection on March 25, would represent the latest delay on Mr. Trump’s sprawling legal docket, which includes four criminal cases and several civil lawsuits.”