House floor debates: State of the foreign aid bills
House leaders are taking another step toward signing off on billions in new foreign aid Saturday, with the chamber prepped to pass a group of bills weeks after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) blocked a similar package backed by the Senate and President Joe Biden. Floor debate opened Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m., with large […]
Foreign minister says Iran won’t retaliate, dismisses Israeli drones as ‘toys’
A senior Iranian foreign official has dismissed the weapons fired against the country by neighboring Israel as “toys” and said there are no plans to retaliate. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian downplayed the Israeli attack in an interview on Friday, hours after the impact. “What happened last night was not a strike,” Foreign Minister […]
Dems save Johnson’s $95B foreign aid plan from GOP rebel blockade
Speaker Mike Johnson’s $95 billion foreign aid proposal survived a key test Friday morning, with House lawmakers set to consider its four separate elements throughout Saturday. After conservative foreign aid skeptics defected from Republicans in an attempt to block the plan, Democrats defied party norms and supported it through a procedural hurdle known as a […]
House takes key test vote for Johnson’s $95B foreign aid plan after Dems help it advance
The House is voting Friday on whether to proceed with Speaker Mike Johnson’s $95 billion foreign aid plan after it cleared the first key procedural hurdle with support from Democrats. Friday morning’s vote is a kind of test vote on the four foreign aid bills, known as a “rules vote.” If passed, lawmakers would be […]
Mike Johnson betrays border security for more foreign aid
The border will be left unsecured and blank this year because House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has proposed a deal that would separate border security from what little influence Republicans had. In addition to funding the war between Ukraine and Israel, the Republican leadership’s plan would include a bill to force TikTok to divest from […]
Speaker Mike Johnson Relies on Minority Party Votes to Advance Foreign Aid Plan
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) made history Thursday night, effectively surrendering Republican majority control to Democrats just before midnight. For the first time in recorded history, since the House began keeping records, the House Rules Committee relied on a minority vote to advance proposed rules to the House floor over the objections of the majority. […]
House committee advances bipartisan $95B foreign aid package for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan
Bipartisan House members moved a $95 billion foreign aid bill to counter Russian, Iranian and Chinese aggression late Thursday night out of committee, preparing for a contentious floor vote this weekend. In an unusual 9-3 vote, minority Democrats joined majority Republicans on the House Rules Committee. On the passage of more military aid funds and […]
Time to Close the Loophole Allowing Foreign Billionaires to Interfere in Our Elections
After years of hysteria over Russiagate and allegations of foreign influence in American elections, attempts to retake the White House and Congress in recent election cycles despite the federal government banning foreign contributions in American elections The Democratic effort was funded by $500 million from a shadowy foreign billionaire with the stated goal of turning […]
Foreign Aid Bills Would Send $95 Billion to Ukraine, Israel, Indo-Pacific
The House foreign aid package bill to be voted on Saturday would allocate a combined $95 billion to Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region, with Ukraine accounting for the lion’s share of $60.84 billion. House Republicans join Appropriations Committee released Wednesday’s memo provided a breakdown of funding for the three bills included in the package, […]
Chinese Foreign Minister Calls Iran ‘Good-Neighborly and Friendly’ After Israel Barrage
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a telephone conversation with the top diplomats of Iran and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, expressing support for Iran’s unprecedented bombing of Israel on Saturday and the entire Islamic world’s opposition to Israel. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian summed up his telephone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir […]