After weeks of delay, the U.S. House plans to vote on foreign military aid for Taiwan, Israel, and Ukraine. The Senate passed a US$95 billion package for the three nations in February, but the legislation has languished in the House. In a bid to break the deadlock, House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to separate the package into three bills: one for Israel, one for Ukraine, and a third for Taiwan. A vote is scheduled for Saturday evening.

The Biden administration’s US$95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan was passed by the Senate, but has been blockaded in the House for weeks. But Speaker Mike Johnson has announced that the package will be split into three bills, with a vote scheduled for Saturday night. U.S. President Joe Biden voiced his support. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, he urged lawmakers to approve the aid before the end of the week.

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We should surge support to Ukraine now to stop Mr. Putin from encroaching on our NATO allies and ensure that he doesn’t draw U.S. troops into a future war in Europe.

Johnson’s decision has been blasted by far-right Republicans.

Matt Gaetz
US representative
There’s no other way to describe it. It’s surrender. It’s disappointing.

Chip Roy
US representative
I’m well past the point of giving grace here.

Reporter
Is it time for him to get out of office.

Chip Roy
US representative
I need a little more time today, but it’s not good.

At least two members of Johnson’s own Republican Party have demand his ouster. As the GOP leads the House by just five votes, the bill’s passage will rely on Democratic votes.

Marjorie Taylor Greene
US representative
It is growing. I think some people are becoming more angry than I am. I don’t know how long people are going to tolerate this, because he’s doing nothing but serving the Democrats.

Mike Johnson
US House speaker
I’m operating with the smallest margin in U.S. history. The only way to get a rule on the floor is that it requires a couple of Democrats.

Three individual aid bills will be put forward, along with a fourth bill that bans TikTok if its owner ByteDance doesn’t sell its stake. After the vote, the House will send the four-bill bundle to the Senate for a vote. The bundle will not include a fifth bill on U.S.-Mexico border security, which was introduced to satisfy hard-line Republicans. It remains to be seen if Johnson can push the package through, or if he’ll lose his speakership in the coming days.

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