Speaker Johnson Says House Will Not Be ‘Forced’ by the Senate on Ukraine Bill by Jackson Richman – US Politics News

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) remarked on Feb. 14 that the House will not be “forced” by the Senate on its foreign assistance package that includes funding for Ukraine.
“They’re important issues on the table. We are not forced into action by the Senate, who in the latest product they sent us over does not have one word in the bill about America’s border, not one word about security,” he told reporters following the weekly House GOP conference meeting.
Mr. Johnson’s comments come two days after the Senate passed a $95.3 billion foreign aid package in a 70–29 vote that includes more than $61 billion in assistance to Ukraine, $14 billion to Israel in its war against Hamas, and $4.83 billion for Indo-Pacific partners, including Taiwan, to counter communist China’s aggression….