US aid to Ukraine: Johnson said he would not put the bill to a vote – NYT

According to journalists, US President Joe Biden also invited the Speaker of the House of Representatives to discuss the bill “immediately”.

US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said he would not put the Ukraine aid bill to a vote even though it passed the Senate. The New York Times writes about this.

According to journalists, Johnson criticized the bill for excluding provisions on American border security.

The publication writes that a few hours before the Senate approved the bill, Johnson suggested he would not allow a vote on the package.

“House Republicans have been clear from the beginning of the debate that any national security legislation must recognize that national security begins at our border,” Johnson said.

The document states that senators hope the House of Representatives will still pass a bill on aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

It was noted that US President Joe Biden also called on Johnson to present the bill to the House of Representatives “immediately”.

“I urge the President to let the full House speak and not allow a minority of the most extreme voices in the House to block even a vote on this bill,” Biden said.

According to journalists, the current situation shows that the bill can only pass the House of Representatives with a bipartisan coalition similar to that in the Senate.

It was previously reported that the US Senate supported the allocation of a $60 billion package to Ukraine. Senators from the Democratic and partially Republican parties united in support of allocating funds to support Kiev.

Let us recall that US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith said that the country will not receive an Alliance invitation this year. According to him, NATO “could signal rapprochement with Ukraine” and advised him to monitor further developments.

Source: Focus

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