House Speaker Mike Johnson still hasn’t explained his strategy for getting aid to Ukraine — and at this point, it’s not clear if he even has one.
It has been a month since the Senate passed a $95 billion bill to restock American weapons and assist Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Since then, rank-and-file members have floated multiple competing strategies in the House on approaching one of the most high-profile issues Congress faces. But Johnson, who sets the chamber’s agenda, doesn’t seem any closer to outlining his own plan. At this point, all Republicans do know is that Johnson opposes the Senate bill and has made public comments supportive of Ukraine.
“He has not spoken to the conference about it,” House Rules Committee Chair Tom Cole, an Oklahoma Republican, told NOTUS on Tuesday.