Russia-Ukraine war live: US House speaker negotiates with White House over wartime funding for Ukraine

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Speaker Mike Johnson has delayed aid for Ukraine for months in effort to include Republican demands in package

After months of delay, a top House Republican said the US House speaker is negotiating with the White House on advancing wartime funding for Ukraine – a package that would deviate from the Senate’s $95bn foreign security package and include several Republican demands, the Associated Press is reporting.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has been facing mounting pressure regarding a Ukraine aid package, not just from Joe Biden, who has repeatedly chastised Republicans for not helping Ukraine, but from hard-right members of Johnson’s conference who remain staunchly opposed to additional Ukraine aid. “There’s been no agreement reached,” House Republican leader Steve Scalise told reporters on Thursday.

 

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