US Home Speaker Republican-controlled chamber would vote this week on support payments for Ukraine and Israel.
Washington:
US Home Speaker Mike Johnson stated Monday that his Republican-controlled chamber would vote this week on support payments for Ukraine and Israel, after months of stalling over strain from his social gathering’s right-wing.
“This week, we’ll take into account separate payments with a structured and germane modification course of to… fund our ally Israel, assist Ukraine in its warfare towards Russian aggression, strengthen our allies within the Indo-Pacific (and ) cross extra measures to counter our adversaries and strengthen our nationwide safety,” Johnson stated on X.
US help has languished in a divided Congress, with Johnson — an ally of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — blocking an earlier $95 billion in support sought by Biden for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan. This invoice had handed the Senate.
“We can’t be voting on the Senate supplemental in its present kind,” Johnson informed reporters Monday, referring to the $95 billion package deal, “however we’ll vote on every of those measures individually in 4 completely different items.”
Earlier Tuesday, the White Home dominated out any invoice that solely contained support for Israel.
“We is not going to settle for a standalone. A standalone wouldn’t assist Israel and Ukraine,” White Home Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre informed a briefing.
Johnson is strolling a knife-edge on support for Ukraine, as Trump and far-right lawmakers within the Home of Representatives have grown skeptical of pouring billions of {dollars} into Kyiv’s battle towards Russia’s invading forces.
Ukraine has in latest months grown more and more annoyed at delays in Western support, together with air defenses it says are urgently wanted to repel Russian assaults.
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