McConnell calls on Johnson to bring up Ukraine vote

Source: Politico | February 13, 2024 | Burgess Everett

But the Senate Minority Leader did not push the speaker to bring up the Senate-passed foreign aid bill, specifically.

Mitch McConnell in an interview Tuesday urged Speaker Mike Johnson to allow a vote on Ukraine aid, though the Senate minority leader said he would not be “so presumptuous as to tell him how to do it.”

Hours after the Senate passed a $95 billion foreign aid bill, including $60 billion for Ukraine, McConnell said Johnson can clear up questions about where the House stands by allowing a vote on sending billions to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan — even if it means the House passes something different than the Senate.

“We’ve heard all kinds of rumors about whether the House supports Ukraine or doesn’t. It seems to me that the easy way to solve that would be to vote. And I hope the speaker will find a way to allow the House to work its will on the issue of Ukraine aid and the other parts of the bill as well,” McConnell said.

Given the challenging internal politics for the GOP, as former President Donald Trump and his allies cast doubt on sending more aid to Ukraine, McConnell was careful in the interview to defer the specifics to Johnson. A couple conservatives have threatened to try to strip him of the speakership if he allows a vote on Ukraine aid.

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