WASHINGTON (AP) — For over a month, House Speaker Mike Johnson has sat on a funding package that would send desperately needed ammunition and weaponry to Ukraine, mulling how best to gain a grasp of what is expected to be a difficult lift in the House.
The Republican speaker has indicated he will attempt to push for approval of tens of billions in wartime funding for Ukraine, as well as Israel, once the House returns in April.
“We'll turn our attention to it and we won't delay on that,” the Louisiana representative said of the Ukraine package at a news conference last week.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a far-right Republican from Georgia, has filed a motion to vacate Johnson as speaker and warned him not to put Ukraine funding on the House floor.
Before becoming speaker, Johnson was deeply skeptical of approving funding for Ukraine and voted repeatedly against it.
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