GOP-led House panel uses Democratic votes to push foreign aid bills, setting up confrontation with conservatives
Source: CNN
The GOP-led House Rules Committee late Thursday night used Democratic support to advance a series of foreign aid bills, a sign that Republican leaders will need votes from across the aisle to pass the legislation.
The move is likely to further inflame conservatives who are against additional aid to Ukraine and have threatened House Speaker Mike Johnsons job over the issue.
The four bills head to the House floor on Friday for their first test on the floor. A vote on final passage is expected Saturday, delaying the start of a weeklong congressional recess.
The committee activity capped off another contentious day on Capitol Hill as the renewed push to send foreign aid to Ukraine has divided House Republicans. The right wing of the GOP conference has come out against the plan and vented their anger over a separate effort to change House rules regarding the process for removing the speaker a rule change Johnson said Thursday he would not make.
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niyad
(113,527 posts)617Blue
(1,281 posts)speak easy
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myohmy2
(3,173 posts)...are these far-right magats always referred to as 'conservatives' when we're 9 times out of 10 referred to as the 'radical left'???
...these magats are unAmerican putin-sucking fascists intent on destroying our democracy and replacing it with a trump-lead dictatorship...
...help johnson get the aid package through but I'd wish they'd stop calling these neo-Nazi's 'conservative'...
...magats...
PortTack
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Martin68
(22,853 posts)samsingh
(17,600 posts)it's not natural and suggests they are on Putin's payroll in some way.
Mr.Bill
(24,317 posts)with a one-vote majority, not only are the powers of the Speaker diminished, but also the powers of the entire majority caucus is also. They won't get exactly what they want in any bill, especially with bomb-throwers like MTG in the mix.