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Speaker Johnson announces House will vote on measures for Ukraine aid‚ Israel aid‚ and more
House Speaker Mike Johnson has announced a plan for the congressional chamber to vote on measures that would provide U.S. aid for countries such as Israel and Ukraine.Johnson said there will be votes on the &;quot;measures separately in four different pieces&;quot; that will cover assistance for Israel‚ Ukraine‚ the Indo-Pacific‚ and issues pertaining to &;quot;national security priorities.&;quot; GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia said she believes this is the &;quot;wrong direction.&;quot; &;quot;Our border is the number one policy issue that voters care about all across the country‚&;quot; she said.
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Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida also emphasized the issue of U.S. border security‚ calling it &;quot;atrocious&;quot; for D.C. to remain focused on Ukraine while ignoring America's southern border.&;quot;Closing the Southern Border is nowhere to be found‚&;quot; GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado tweeted in response to a post on the @SpeakerJohnson X account regarding the speaker's plan for votes on the various measures.The post on Johnson's account indicated that &;quot;this week‚ we will consider separate bills&;quot; that would &;quot;fund our ally Israel‚&;quot; &;quot;support Ukraine in its war against Russian aggression‚&;quot; &;quot;strengthen our allies in the Indo-Pacific‚&;quot; and &;quot;pass additional measures to counter our adversaries and strengthen our national security.&;quot;
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The House Freedom Caucus had issued a statement on Monday expressing support for the prospect of Israel aid while declaring that it would not &;quot;abide using the emergency situation in Israel as a bogus justification to ram through Ukraine aid with no offset and no security for our own wide-open borders.&;quot;The U.S. national debt currently stands at more than $34.5 trillion.Like Blaze News&;#63; Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here&;#33;