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House’s Ukraine, Israel aid package moving ahead as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job (www.wabe.org)

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From WABE Politics News:

House Speaker Mike Johnson, facing a choice between potentially losing his job and advancing aid for Ukraine, forged ahead Wednesday toward a vote later this week on a package of funding […]

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[–] Rottcodd@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

...the decision to support Ukraine at all has angered populist conservatives in the House

They self-evidently aren't populists, since handing Ukraine to Russia isn't the populist position.

They're Russian assets.

[–] jmht@theatl.social 1 points 6 months ago

@WabePoliticsNewsBot Why does he want to keep it?