- The Home handed a greater than $60 billion invoice that gives extra army assist to Ukraine.
- It is half of a bigger international assist bundle that is more likely to cross the Senate and be signed into legislation.
- 112 Republicans voted it towards — essentially the most ever, and a majority of the GOP convention.
The Home of Representatives on Saturday handed a greater than $60 billion invoice to offer army and financial assist to Ukraine.
A stable majority of Republicans voted towards the invoice, which handed by a 311-112 margin. 101 Republicans voted for it, and one Republican, Rep. Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania, voted “current.”
The Ukraine assist invoice got here to the ground after months of delay and regardless of staunch opposition from the exhausting proper, together with a menace from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to name a vote to oust Home Speaker Mike Johnson if he allowed such a vote.
Underneath Johnson’s unconventional plan, the Ukraine invoice shall be despatched to the Senate as a part of a bundle that features assist for Israel and Taiwan and a 3rd invoice that forces a sale of TikTok and permits america to confiscate Russian property. Every part acquired its personal vote within the Home on Saturday.
The invoice is broadly anticipated to cross the Senate within the coming days, because it usually mirrors a $95.3 billion nationwide safety invoice handed by the higher chamber in February. President Joe Biden has pledged to signal it into legislation.
Saturday’s vote marked the primary time the Home had permitted billions of {dollars} in Ukraine assist since December 2022, when Democrats nonetheless managed the chamber.
Within the two years since Russia’s invasion, opposition to aiding Ukraine has grown from a fringe place to a majority view amongst Home GOP lawmakers. Many argue the cash ought to be spent domestically or that coverage adjustments on the US-Mexico border ought to take priority.
The brand new infusion of assist comes at a make-or-break second for Ukraine, which has confronted ammo shortages and inadequate air defenses.
On account of his transfer, Johnson may face a vote on his ouster within the coming weeks. The GOP speaker, nonetheless, has grown extra prepared to confront the menace from the best, and Democrats have recommended that they are prepared to guard him from an ouster effort if he allowed a vote on Ukraine assist.
“If I operated out of worry of a movement to vacate, I’d by no means have the ability to do my job,” Johnson instructed reporters this week. “Historical past judges us for what we do. It is a essential time proper now.”
Listed below are the 112 Home Republicans who voted towards the invoice:
