House Freedom Caucus Warns Johnson Against Attaching Ukraine to Israel Funding by Joseph Lord – US Politics News

Republicans in the House Freedom Caucus are warning House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) not to use the ongoing crisis in Israel as an excuse to push additional Ukraine funding through the lower chamber.
In an April 15 statement, the House Freedom Caucus said that, while it “stands unequivocally with Israel,” attempting to use the crisis prompted by Iran’s unprecedented attack this weekend to pass Ukraine funding would be a “bogus justification.”
“Congress should provide aid to Israel—and the House has already done so nearly five months ago and paid for it,” the House Freedom Caucus wrote, calling on the Senate to take up the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, which was passed by the House in October 2023….