Johnson Moves To Ice Out Senate Bill On Border Deal

February 3, 2024 Politics, Republicans

Roll Call reports:

Speaker Mike Johnson told GOP lawmakers on Saturday that he’s preparing to bring a stand-alone, $17.6 billion supplemental funding package for Israel and U.S. troops in the Middle East to the House floor next week.

The move comes as Republicans in that chamber seek to preempt the Senate’s push on a much broader war and border security measure, which could be released Sunday and voted on next week, that Johnson has declared “dead on arrival.”

“Given the Senate’s failure to move appropriate legislation in a timely fashion, and the perilous circumstances currently facing Israel, the House will continue to lead. Next week, we will take up and pass a clean, standalone Israel supplemental package,” Johnson, R-La., wrote in a letter to colleagues on Saturday.

The Washington Post reports:



The move comes as the Senate is expected to unveil and vote on a supplemental package this week that would fund new measures to control the historic flow of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, while fulfilling President Biden’s request to also aid Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region.

House Republicans’ surprise announcement to send the Senate a standalone Israel funding bill sets up dueling votes in both chambers, which remain apart on how to fund border security and Ukraine in divided government.

Notably absent from the proposal is any funding for Ukraine, which has faced significant dwindling of support by the House GOP majority. The measure also does not include a border security proposal as House Republicans have insisted the Senate take up their bill passed last year.

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