Throwdown: Speaker Johnson Brushes off Mitch McConnell Ukraine Funding Push

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) stuck a dagger in the Senate’s hard-won $95 billion foreign aid package Tuesday afternoon, almost assuredly killing the bill’s chances of becoming law.

In a Capitol Hill hallway, Johnson said the House will focus on the upcoming appropriations deadlines, ignoring the bill the Senate passed before sunrise Tuesday after an all-night session.

“I certainly don’t right now,” Johnson told Punchbowl News when asked if he sees a scenario in which he would put the bill on the floor for a vote. “We’re dealing with the appropriations process. We have immediate deadlines upon us in that. That’s where the attention of the House is in this moment.”

Johnson indicated Monday night before the vote that the Senate was wasting its time working to pass a foreign aid package without first taking meaningful steps to secure the border, stating “America deserves better than the Senate’s status quo.”

McConnell took a victory lap after Tuesday morning’s vote, issuing a statement saying in part, “History settles every account. And today, on the value of American leadership and strength, history will record that the Senate did not blink.” (Read more from “Throwdown: Speaker Johnson Brushes off Mitch McConnell Ukraine Funding Push” HERE)

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