Johnson Whips Out Ukraine Funding Promise To Appease Senate, No Mention Of Border Security
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told Republican Senators that the House would be sending over legislation to send more US taxpayer funds to defend Ukraine’s border.
This bite at the apple, however, will “look substantially different than the $95 billion foreign aid package the senate passed last month,” according to The Hill.
For starters, Johnson suggested that the package could be a loan or lend-lease program in order to pretend that the US will ever see any return on the ‘investment’ - an idea floated by former President Donald Trump last month.
Next, Johnson suggested something similar to the REPO for Ukrainians Act sponsored by Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), which would allow for the confiscation of Russian sovereign assets - which would be liquidated and deposited into a Ukraine support fund, senators told the outlet.
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