House Republicans may be eyeing an alternative path forward to advance a bipartisan Ukraine and Israel aid bill after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) declared the Senate framework dead on arrival in the lower chamber.
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) said there was an effort among House and Senate members to draft a separate piece of legislation providing foreign aid and addressing the southern border that would be “very similar” to the Senate proposal but include provisions that would get a majority of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to sign on.
The move comes after the Senate passed its foreign aid supplemental earlier this week which has already been rejected by GOP leadership in the House. Discussions are still in the early stages, according to Fitzpatrick.
“It’s not bipartisan yet, we’re working on it,” Fitzpatrick said.
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