Johnson unveils plan to fund Israel, Ukraine in closed-door House GOP meeting

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., unveiled a scheme for moving foreign assistance through nan House of Representatives during a closed-door gathering pinch Republican lawmakers. 

The Republican leader had been nether unit to enactment connected Israel and Ukraine backing arsenic nan business successful some conflicts grows much dire, while besides navigating fraught divisions successful nan House GOP convention complete conditions for giving assistance overseas.

Under Johnson’s tentative plan, assistance for Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel would each beryllium considered arsenic abstracted bills, according to 2 lawmakers coming astatine nan meeting. A 4th measure would harvester various nationalist information priorities, including nan House’s precocious passed measure that could pave nan measurement to a TikTok prohibition and nan REPO Act, a bipartisan measurement to liquefy seized Russian assets and nonstop that money to Ukraine.

Johnson indicated to reporters aft nan gathering that he anticipates a ballot connected nan bills by Friday.

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Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a scheme for overseas assistance successful a closed-door House GOP meeting (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

"We won't beryllium voting connected nan Senate supplemental successful its existent form, but we will ballot connected each of these measures separately successful 4 different pieces. We will ballot connected nan Israel aid, connected nan assistance to Ukraine, connected nan assistance to nan Indo Pacific and past different measurement that has our nationalist information priorities included successful that has immoderate of nan things pinch respect to nan loan-lease action and nan REPO Act and immoderate different sanctions connected Iran and different measures that we've been talking astir present for rather immoderate time," he said.

Johnson added that nan bills, nan matter of which is expected early connected Tuesday, will let for members to connection amendments.

He said later that he expects nan backing levels to beryllium "roughly nan same" arsenic nan Senate’s $95 cardinal bipartisan supplemental assistance package, which included money for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian causes for illustration Gaza.

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Breaking isolated nan Senate’s supplemental package was an thought backed by a important stock of House Republicans. However, it besides appears to beryllium a move aimed astatine appeasing fiscal hawks connected Johnson’s correct flank who different would person apt attempted to artifact nan bills from getting to nan floor.

The 2 GOP lawmakers who shared specifications of nan scheme pinch Fox News Digital said location was much support for nan scheme successful nan room than opposition.

An anti-missile strategy operates aft Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, arsenic seen from Ashkelon, Israel April 14, 2024. (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)

"I deliberation it's a bully plan. I don't cognize that I'll support each azygous taxable bill, but this is nan measurement nan House should work," Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., told Fox News Digital aft nan meeting.

Mace added that respective members, including herself, urged Johnson to see immoderate separator information measures, which do not look to beryllium portion of nan latest proposal.

Meanwhile, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., besides did not opportunity if he'd support nan measures but told reporters, "I deliberation immoderate clip you abstracted these retired to azygous taxable bills, I deliberation that's a bully strategy."

But others, including members of nan ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, signaled they were still skeptical.

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Both Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good, R-Va., and its argumentation chair, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, suggested they were not optimistic that separator information measures would yet beryllium portion of nan woody – contempt their demands.

"I deliberation that nan separator information constituent will travel from nan members," Good told Fox News Digital. 

Good was besides dissatisfied that nan backing bills would not beryllium offset by spending cuts elsewhere, arsenic was nan lawsuit pinch Johnson’s original $14 cardinal standalone Israel assistance bill which passed nan House successful November.

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good signaled he was skeptical of Johnson's plan. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

"We ought not to beryllium borrowing to do immoderate of these, and truthful immoderate of america will perfectly make amendments to salary for this," he said.

And Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who has threatened to oust Johnson complete his handling of authorities spending and overseas aid, trashed nan scheme aft nan meeting.

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"I conscionable deliberation it's nan incorrect guidance to go. Our separator is nan number 1 argumentation rumor that voters attraction astir each crossed nan country. And nan Senate has not taken up…our separator package that we sent complete there, they're conscionable demanding that nan House ballot to money Ukraine, ballot to money Taiwan and nonstop much money to Israel, claiming that our subject is moving retired of ammunition," Greene said.

"Well, you want to cognize something? If these group successful location cared astir our military, why don't we do a abstracted measure to money and rebuild our subject pinch ammunition and supplies without having to money a overseas warfare to do that?"