House Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-LA) $95 billion foreign aid bill hits its final stage on Saturday and will also test whether bipartisan could cost him his job.
After a rule vote to bring the Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, and humanitarian support bill to the floor passed with predominantly Democratic votes on Friday, hard-line House Republicans were quick to blast Johnson for going against the conference. More members are now open to the idea of a motion to vacate the speaker, particularly over the Ukraine aid bill and a lack of border security measures in the legislation.
The fracturing of the GOP conference will come to a head as the House prepares for a vote Saturday on three separate aid bills to Ukraine, Israel, and Indo-Pacific nations, as well as sanctions and
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