That’s a flimsy excuse, he should have forced them to do it, and see if they even could. We need people who block the wheels of government at times, not grease them, especially when you’re Speaker and don’t even have a majority of your own party in support.
That's what you and I would have done, but I believe the result would have been the same. Maybe Johnson was afraid his Louisiana voters would turn on him for losing Ukraine. We can all see how dems and RINOs take advantage of each crisis. Biden needs Ukraine to be on the verge of losing until he calls for Build Back Better over there, if he is still in office.