Showing posts with label military funding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label military funding. Show all posts
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Paul Ryan and Patrick McHenry are urging Mike Johnson to stop delaying funding bills - The Washington Post
Two GOP veterans are urging the new House speaker to make his own decisions and not kowtow to the far-right flank…
Saturday, January 27, 2024
US border policy deal within reach despite efforts by Trump to derail it, senators say
"I think the border is a very important issue for Donald Trump," the Utah senator Mitt Romney, a Republican who has pressed his party to approve military aid for Ukraine, told reporters on Capitol Hill on Thursday. "And the fact that he would communicate to Republican senators and congresspeople that he doesn't want us to solve the border problem because he wants to blame Biden for it is really appalling."
He continued: "The reality is that we have a crisis at the border, the American people are suffering as a result of what's happening at the border. And someone running for president ought to try and get the problem solved as opposed to saying: 'Hey, save that problem. Don't solve it. Let me take credit for solving it later.'"…
At a press conference earlier this week, the Texas senator Ted Cruz, a Republican, denounced the proposal, the details of which have not yet been released, as a "stinking pile of crap" that "represents Senate Republican leadership waging war on House Republicans".
Cruz alleged that the negotiators involved cared only about supporting Ukraine and not fixing the issues at the southern border….
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Johnson Digs In Against Border Deal to Unlock Ukraine Aid, Defying Biden - The New York Times
Mr. Johnson suggested that a border deal, even one that met all the Republicans' demands, might not be enough to win their support for funding Ukraine's war effort against Russia...
Monday, January 8, 2024
House Republicans prefer political theater to passing laws | The Hill
And so, even as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer noted that "the world is watching. We know autocrats like Putin and Xi are hoping for us to fail" in Ukraine, Speaker Mike Johnson has indicated he does not feel obligated to bring a bipartisan Senate bill to the House floor…
The shutdown threat lets House Republicans stick with what they know best, political theater, come what may in Ukraine and damaging the U.S. economy and the lives of millions of Americans in the process…
Friday, December 15, 2023
Hakeem Jeffries singles out Republican ‘pro-Putin caucus’ opposing Ukraine aid
House Democratic leader claims 'loud and growing' movement of Republican extremists want Russian leader to win war…
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