As House and Senate leaders struggle to find a way to move a $96 billion foreign aid supplemental funding bill for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan that Speaker Mike Johnson has pledged he will not bring to a vote, former President Donald Trump may have thrown Johnson a lifeline or at least a fig leaf.
In early February, the Senate passed a bill containing military and economic assistance for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The Ukraine portion of the bill came to about $60 billion. Speaker Johnson effectively declared the bill dead on arrival, saying the House would not address that bill until a border security bill was enacted.
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