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Mike Johnson Signals He’ll Torpedo Senate’s Foreign Aid Package

SNAFU

The speaker slammed the lack of border security provisions in the bill, warning that the “House will have to continue to work its own will on these important matters.”

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) issued a preemptive warning on Monday that the Republican-controlled chamber was unlikely to take up the Senate’s $95 billion foreign aid package, sharply criticizing the proposed legislation’s failure to address the border crisis—“the most critical aspect of our national security,” as a statement from his...

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