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House Speaker Mike Johnson Effectively Kills Senate Supplemental Ukraine Aid Bill – RedState

In a rare bipartisan move, Senate Republicans and Democrats worked together to push through a supplemental foreign aid bill that would send even more money (with virtually strings attached) to Ukraine.

While conservatives in the Senate blasted the bill, their hopes were on the House killing it before it could be brought up to a vote. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky gave a fiery speech on the floor about the issue on Monday afternoon.

The bill has not formally passed the Senate, but it’s already dead in the House.

In a statement released on Monday night, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced…

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