CNN —House Speaker Mike Johnson has the fate of a democracy and a people in his hands.
It’s not the United States, which will survive – even if the coming general election results in another existential test for the constitutional system.
Johnson, a backbencher who was the last-ditch choice to lead the mutinous House GOP majority last year, could relieve Ukraine’s agony and help ensure its survival as an independent nation in the coming days.
Nothing can be guaranteed in a fractious Congress, with a House GOP majority that has rendered the United States close to ungovernable and is threatening America’s global leadership role.
And history is watching whether Speaker Johnson will put that bill on the floor.
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