Posted on 04/15/2024 7:47:42 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) unveiled a gambit to burst a legislative logjam and unleash a four-vote flood including a standalone vote on tens of billions in American taxpayer aid to Ukraine.
The plan appears to exploit the sense of urgency in Congress for sending aid to Israel in the wake of Iranian missile attacks in a scheme to bypass Republican animosity towards continuing to fund Ukraine’s war against Russia.
Johnson unveiled his plan to his colleagues during a Monday night House Republican Conference meeting. His plan is to hold a single vote on a rule — the product specifying which legislation heads to the House floor as well as time and amendment considerations — which, if successful, would unlock four separate votes on aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan as well as a TikTok bill.
The rule only needs majority support on the floor to pass. If it does, each of the four pieces of legislation would only need majority support as well.
The move would enable Johnson — once an ardent foe to continued American subsidization of Ukraine who has flip-flopped to adopt a fervency for more funding — to avoid passing yet another bill under “suspension of the rules.”
Most recently, in March, Johnson ushered through a $1.2 trillion spending bill under suspension — a process that requires two-thirds support but can enable a speaker to pass bills opposed by a significant chunk of his own party. Johnson passed that spending bill over the objections of the majority of Republicans voting against it, violating the informal Hastert Rule that a Republican speaker not bring forward legislation unless the majority of his conference supports it.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Speaker Johnson intends to use a closed-door GOP conference meeting Monday to lay out how the House could move forward on Israel and Ukraine aid, according to multiple lawmakers.
Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) told reporters as he walked into a meeting with Johnson and other senior Republicans.“What the speaker is going to lay out is
<><>a few different approaches —
<><>whether it be different standalone bills
<><>or a combined package.”
Seems to be the latest gambit
politico.com——snip
The speaker said he’s committed to abiding by a House rule that gives lawmakers a full 72 hours to review the legislation, once it’s finalized. That would likely push passage votes to Friday evening.
If the House passed more than one of the four bills, it’s unclear if they would be packaged together before heading to the Senate. While GOP lawmakers said the upper chamber would have to take separate votes on each piece of legislation, Johnson told reporters after the meeting that he hadn’t yet decided whether to send whatever bills pass over as a comprehensive package.
It’s unclear if Johnson has Senate support for his proposal, given the upper chamber’s leaders are continuing to insist on their own bipartisan version of foreign aid legislation that combines cash for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
“We’re discussing whether they would be merged together in one package that’s sent to the Senate, or if it goes over as individual measures. My personal preference is to do it individually, but we’ll let the body decide. We’ll have further discussion on that in the morning,” Johnson said.
Katherine Tully-McManus, Nicholas Wu and Connor O’Brien contributed to this report.
Watch how this turns out. Biden gang does not want to lose Michigan.
He’s playing both sides of the fence.......two-faced vote-crazy Democrat.
You left out the most important reason:
Ukraine is Congress’ money laundry.
The likes of Graham, Romney, Pelosi, Schiff, Nadler, and dozens of others, are getting their taste.
Ukraine aid is about greasing the palms of U.S. politicians, nothing more.
I hate these people.
Thx for pointing that out.......you nailed it.
So where did all the billions to Ukraine go? Accountability?
One has to wonder what the DS has on Johnson. It must be mighty juicy!
Oh BS....
Would be AWESOME...if the (R)N(C) actually upheld & enforced the Constitution, no?
Nearly 100yrs of ‘the Davey Crocket goes to Washington’ story & the Stupid Party (TM) voters *continue* to (re)vote ‘em in.
Can we at least get a bill on funding the border wall, closing the border, and sending illegals back.
The House already sent one to the senate. Schumer won’t let the senate vote.
***US Aid to Ukraine Amounts to $900 Per American Household, Economist Says***
And the USA’s national debt currently stands at $106,060 for each American citizen and has been going up every year for decades.
But don’t worry you’ll never have to actually repay it because you have the International Reserve Currency. Lucky you!
However, if China displaces you as the premier economic/military superpower the Renminbi will become the IRC, then you will have a problem.
Solution: don’t become all isolationist again, as saving money in the short-term will cost you a lot more money in the long-term.
If true, then there’s no choice bu to vacate the chair.
I hope and pray that the votes to do so will be there.
I just wrote to my rep..all have same email format
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(first).(last)@mail.house.gov
example - jane.doe@mail.house.gov
$106K? That’s a PIPE dream!
You’re completely leaving out the $200T+ of “unfunded liabilities”. You know, those illegal, unconst., Ponzi schemes of SS/MediXYZ
Johnson is another Mike Pencil Dick Pence. Doing the bidding of democrats and neocon swine. What kind of skeletons does he have hiding in his closet?
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