Biden now ‘happy to meet’ with Speaker Johnson over Ukraine funding, border impasse after WH snubbed past discussion requests
WASHINGTON — President Biden changed his tune Monday after White House staff rejected a recent request from the Louisiana Republican Party to discuss pending Ukraine aid and changes to U.S.-Mexico border policy, and Mike Johnson He said he would be “happy to meet” with the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The 81-year-old president told […]
Russian Duma speaker accuses US and EU of killing Alexei Navalny
The speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament has accused the United States, the European Union, Britain and other groups of killing Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin made baseless accusations for a long time on social media and the messaging app Telegram. “The responsibility for Mr. Navalny’s death lies with Washington and […]
Speaker Johnson Pulls Surveillance Bill After House Intel Lawmakers Fold
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) announced Wednesday that the House will no longer consider government oversight legislation after the House Intelligence Committee was “smoked” by pro-reform lawmakers. Raj Shah, Johnson’s deputy communications director, said: announced“To give Congress more time to reach agreement on the best way to reform FISA and Section 702 while preserving the integrity […]
Speaker Johnson: This bill further incentivizes illegal immigration
House Speaker Mike Johnson reacts to the Senate’s proposed border bill on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’ #foxnews #fox … source
Schumer rejects Speaker Johnson’s call to add border reform to Ukraine bill
Fresh off his victory in passing a $60 billion bill for Ukraine in the Senate with 70 votes, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (New York) wasted no time in introducing the bill to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana). Pressure was put on it to pass. Vote in the House of Commons. He also rejected Johnson’s request […]
The Senate just passed a $95 billion foreign aid package. House Speaker Johnson vows to kill it.
us senate passed it The $95 billion foreign aid package passed on a 70-29 vote Tuesday morning after opponents ran out of time with an all-night filibuster. The bill passed the floor with the help of 18 Republican senators. encourage gratitude From Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s fate in parliament is by no means certain. House […]
Former chief of staff to IL House Speaker sentenced for lying under oath
Timothy Mapes, former chief of staff to Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for lying under oath to a grand jury. Mapes is required to begin serving his sentence in mid-June. Four others previously had ties to Mr. Madigan’s associates and were convicted in a bribery conspiracy involving […]
Speaker Mike Johnson signals House won’t take up Senate’s Ukraine-Israel-Taiwan aid bill
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday warned that the Senate may not vote on a massive foreign aid bill being considered because it lacks border security, warning that the House is “on its own terms” on the issue. We will work on it.” The bill, which would provide $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel […]
To Save Ukraine, Speaker Johnson must find his inner Charlie Wilson
Tom Hanks plays Charlie Wilson in the movie Charlie Wilson’s War, based on the nonfiction book by George Kreil. Charlie Wilson is a well-connected, hard-drinking, womanizing Democrat from Texas who discovers the key to defeating the Soviet Union after its invasion. and the occupation of Afghanistan during the Cold War. As depicted in a dramatic […]
Speaker Mike Johnson Torches Foreign Aid Bill: Border Must Come First
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) suggested in a statement Monday night that the Senate was wasting its time by passing tens of millions of dollars in foreign aid without enacting border security measures. In a statement released less than an hour before the Senate began a series of procedural votes calling for the Senate to […]