President Biden pressured House Speaker Mike Johnson to pass the Senate's sweeping foreign aid and border security package now that Congress has finished funding the government.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. The race is on for Congress to pass the final spending package for the current budget year and push any threats of a …President Biden pressured House Speaker Mike Johnson to pass the Senate’s sweeping foreign aid and border security package now that Congress has finished funding the government.
“But I want to be clear: Congress’s work isn’t finished. The House must pass the bipartisan national security supplemental to advance our national security interests,” Mr. Biden said in a statement on Saturday. The speaker has a few options to choose from for foreign aid: the Senate’s bill, a bipartisan $66 billion House bill with Trump-era border policy, or House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael T. McCaul’s yet-to-be-released bill that could include policies to use seized Russian assets or a loan to pay for Ukraine aid.
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