WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Democrats bragged Friday about helping House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) pass a bill that would lift the ban on votes on foreign aid legislation, after hardline conservatives opposed it.
The majority of those who voted for Johnson’s rule to allow votes on $60.84 billion in aid to Ukraine, $26.38 billion in aid to Israel and $8.12 billion in Indo-Pacific aid were Democrats, with 165 voting yes. , 151 Republicans also voted in favor.
🚨BREAKING NEWS — The House of Representatives successfully cleared the rules to consider a foreign aid bill.
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With Republicans having a narrow one-seat majority and Johnson having been adamant for months that the House would not accept aid to Ukraine without border security measures, 55 of his MPs voted against him. It required significant Democratic support to vote and pass the rule.
Mike Johnson has repeatedly told us that there can be no Ukrainian money without border security. We ended up doing exactly the opposite.
He brought 4 bills.
$61 billion to Ukraine
$26 billion for Israel
8 billion dollars to Taiwan
+ TikTok ban and Ukraine financingAnd only after “quite a bit…”. pic.twitter.com/qxB0CMRRqV
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 18, 2024
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), a ranking member of the Rules Committee who helped push the rule out of committee on Friday’s vote, boasted to several reporters after the rule passed. room. “
“I was speaking on the floor the whole time we bailed them out,” he said, adding that Republicans “have to get the House in order.”
When asked whether the Democratic Party might have to save the speaker, who is facing a motion to resign led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Steney said:・Congressman Hoyer (Democrat, Maryland) responded as follows. I think the Democratic Party will continue to save the country. ”
“And if the speaker proposes something that we think is good for the country, we’re not going to arbitrarily oppose it just because it happens to be a Republican proposal,” Hoyer said. He emphasized that the bill is very similar to the Senate bill. Foreign aid package.
“Frankly, this was essentially a bipartisan proposal by 70 U.S. senators,” he added. “I think we presented an ambiguous message to the international community, so I’m sorry we didn’t address it sooner.”
Breitbart News also spoke to Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-Florida), who said, “The fact that more Democrats than Republicans voted for Speaker Johnson’s role means that the current state of the House of Representatives is What can I say?” he asked.
“I think we’re starting to see bipartisanship. This is what the American people, Democrats and Republicans, are looking for. Maybe not primary voters, but general election voters, why do we They want to see if we can’t work together.” And in this case, it’s about Democrats and Republicans coming together for America,” Moskowitz said.
