House Democrats late Thursday helped advance a $95 billion foreign aid package in a rare move that salvaged federal money for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and bailed out embattled Speaker Mike Johnson.
House Democrats late Thursday helped advance a $95 billion foreign aid package in a rare move that salvaged federal money for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and bailed out embattled Speaker Mike Johnson.
A 9 to 3 committee vote to send the four-part aid package to the House floor quashed efforts by House conservatives to derail the legislation. It signals Democrats will help the GOP keep the measure alive on the floor on Friday and pass it on Saturday.
Republican Reps. Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Chip Roy of Texas and Thomas Massie of Kentucky voted against the measure in the House Rules Committee. The measure included three bills providing aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, plus a fourth bill that would sanction Iran and Russia and require the social media platform TikTok to divest from China.
Republicans want the Ukraine funding tied to significant U.S. border security provisions. None are included. Other GOP lawmakers want the Ukraine aid bill to be reduced in size or paid for by cuts in other government funding and not added to the nation’s $35 trillion debt.
