House aid package advances

House’s Ukraine, Israel aid package gains Biden's support as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job.

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April 17, 2024 - 2:31 PM

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/TNS

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson, facing a choice between potentially losing his job and advancing aid for Ukraine, forged ahead Wednesday toward a vote later this week on a package of funding that also includes Israel and Taiwan.

After agonizing over how to proceed on the package for days, the Republican speaker texted GOP lawmakers that he will start a days-long push to hold votes on three funding packages for Ukraine, Israel, allies in the Indo-Pacific, as well as a several other foreign policy proposals in a fourth bill.

Johnson said he was proposing…

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