House Speaker Mike Johnson Faces Growing Pressure Over Israel and Ukraine Aid

Iran’s large-scale attack on Israel has turned up the pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to hold a vote soon on a foreign aid package that also includes funding for Ukraine and Taiwan.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Monday criticized Johnson for failing to bring up a $95 billion package for a vote after it was approved by the Senate months ago, in February. Since then, it has languished in the House amid fractures among Republicans over aid to Ukraine.

“The gravely serious events of this past weekend in the Middle East and Eastern Europe underscore the need for Congress to act immediately,” the New York Democrat wrote in a dear colleague letter on Monday. “We must take up the bipartisan and comprehensive national security bill passed by the Senate forthwith.”

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