Lisa Blunt Rochester, great networking, activations, music, and delicious food and drinks. This exciting event will feature can’t-miss editorial conversations on health equity, including a one-on-one interview with Delaware Democratic Rep. NEW EVENT: Punchbowl News HQ at CBC Week! We are excited to announce Punchbowl News HQ, our “Punch Up” activation in partnership with PhRMA on Thursday, Sept.
30 to find a government-funding solution. Here’s the invite.Īlso new: The Problem Solvers executive committee has a new letter urging leaders to work together “every single day” until Sept. Interesting: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, in his second week of chemotherapy for blood cancer, is hosting a conference call today for supporters. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told us he’s been trying to impress on House Republicans that pulling the plug on Ukraine would amount to “creating chaos in the world” and rewarding Vladimir Putin.Īnd it’s no surprise that Biden himself doesn’t like splitting up the supplemental request, categorically rejecting the suggestion last month. Tillis said it was important to make sure that Biden’s presidential drawdown authority doesn’t lapse, which he said could create “an opening for Russia.”Īnd Sen. “I think we should get them both done because we’re talking about a timeline where we have to send a signal that we’re going to sustain Ukraine.” Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a member of GOP leadership and the co-chair of the NATO Observer Group, was even more pointed when we asked him about McCarthy’s plan to leave Ukraine aid out of the CR. “I think we’ve got a big demand on our side for the border, and especially, that’s going to be something that the House has to execute on getting some across the floor over there,” Thune said. Due to House GOP opposition to Ukraine funding, this move could lead to a shutdown.īut Thune did also say if the Biden administration “really wants” Ukraine money, “they’re probably going to have to figure out a way to accommodate some” additional border money and policy changes. Thune is saying that the Senate could amend the House-passed CR and add Ukraine funds to it. “But if they send us a vehicle that we could do something with when it comes over here, that’s also a possibility.” “At some point, we’ve got to deal with the Ukraine issue,” Thune said. Former President Donald Trump has called for linking Ukraine aid to a Biden impeachment probe.īut Senate Minority Whip John Thune told us he thinks it “gets complicated” if McCarthy leaves the Ukraine money out of the CR and only includes disaster relief funding. The United States has spent more than $100 billion on the Ukrainian conflict, and a growing number of House Republicans are opposed to additional funding. With just 23 days until federal funding runs out, these kinds of tiffs could easily lead to a government shutdown. And there are bound to be disagreements between the House and Senate on the contours of any CR. The White House and Senate Democrats are going to be hesitant to break up the supplemental. The White House’s supplemental request includes around $4 billion for border-related measures.Īgain, we’ll point out that this has the potential to be a very big mess. 30 to avoid a government shutdown.Īdding to the complications, McCarthy wants changes to border policies as well as an increase in overall border security money in return for additional Ukraine aid, according to multiple sources familiar with the internal House GOP discussions. Instead, House Republicans want to include disaster relief on a continuing resolution designed to keep federal agencies open until some point in November. They’re planning to leave the Ukraine funding out of the supplemental package in order to consider it separately. Yet McCarthy and his leadership team don’t seem to care about this argument. He added that Ukraine isn’t just fighting for its own independence but also “degrading the military of one of our biggest rivals.” McConnell has been making this case against Russia since it invaded Ukraine in February 2022. support for Ukraine is a national security priority. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell urged senators to pass it expeditiously Wednesday, as we detailed in our Midday edition.Īcknowledging a “difference of opinion in my party on this,” McConnell said maintaining U.S.
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Senate leaders in both parties want to pass Biden’s full $40 billion supplemental spending request - which would go to disaster relief, border security and Ukraine - by the end of the month. Such a move would set up a showdown with the Senate and President Joe Biden over U.S. News: Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the House GOP leadership are considering attaching billions of dollars in disaster relief to a short-term stopgap spending bill, leaving out Ukraine aid at a critical moment in the war with Russia.
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