US House sets long-awaited vote on aid for Ukraine and Israel

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson has begun releasing the text of bills providing for a multi-billion dollar aid package for Ukraine and Israel. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPAThe US House of Representatives will have its long-awaited vote on aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific as soon as Saturday, Republican speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday, more than two months after a similar package passed the Senate.

After weeks of uncertainty about whether Republican House leaders would let members vote on the aid, Mr Johnson said on Monday he had decided to break up the Senate’s $95 billion bill into separate pieces.Scholz visits Beijing but tensions simmer on Russia and Gaza The Democratic-controlled Senate passed its assistance bill with a solid 70 per cent bipartisan majority in February, and backers of the package had said it would pass the House by a similar margin if Mr Johnson allowed a vote.Democratic support is essential, given the slim Republican majority in the House and opposition from far-right Republicans to further aid.

At least two of the most conservative House members had threatened to try to oust Mr Johnson as speaker if he went ahead.

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