The stakes in Ukraine are too high for the House GOP’s partisan nonsense
Earlier this month in Kyiv, Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), chair of the House Intelligence Committee, assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the “U.S. stands in full support of Ukraine and is working diligently” to secure funding necessary for his country to defend itself against “Russian aggression.” Military aid to Ukraine, Turner added, has “overwhelming support in the House of Representatives.”
Perhaps. But the fate of a bill providing $60 billion for Ukraine, $14.1 billion for Israel, $9.2 billion for humanitarian assistance and $4.8 billion for Taiwan, which just passed the Senate in a bipartisan 70-29 vote, is by no means certain.
If the House, which in 2023 had the least productive and most dysfunctional year in recent memory, fails to pass legislation that is vital to U.S. national security and the future of democracies around the world, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will not be alone in saying that Republicans should be “ashamed” of themselves — and that Ronald Reagan would be “turning in his grave.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson has sent mixed signals about whether he will bring the bill to the floor. Johnson voted against funding for Ukraine in 2022 and 2023. Last fall, he demanded that aid to Ukraine be combined with provisions to address the crisis at the U.S. border with Mexico. In January, following a meeting with President Biden,........
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