Newly-minted Speaker of the House Mike Johnson spoke with Senate Republicans Wednesday about his controversial Israel-only aid package in an effort to gain their support.
Johnson addressed the Senate Republican Conference in a closed-door lunch that lasted about an hour Wednesday afternoon. During it, Johnson discussed his aid package, and signaled a new willingness to advance aid to Ukraine, something that he has voted against in the past.
Johnson told senators that Israel aid will have to go first and separately, according to multiple lawmakers who were in the closed-door lunch. "Over and over again, history has taught us that the costs of disengaging from the world are far higher than the costs of engaging. And just as the threats we face aren't isolated, neither are the benefits of investing in American leadership."
Sen. John Cornyn, who has been leading the Senate GOP conference in its efforts to secure policy changes at the border as part of any national security package, said that Johnson sees Ukraine and the border as "inextricably intertwined."
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