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US House Speaker promises to unblock aid to Ukraine but with significant changes (www.pravda.com.ua)

submitted 5 months ago by khannie@lemmy.world to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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Senator Kevin Cramer also said that Mike Johnson clearly expressed his intention to help Ukraine.

"He was pretty clear about it,"

Sounds positive.

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[–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This talk is intended to distract from the Discharge Petition that was initiated by a Democrat to approve the Senate’s bill.

I did think that a distinct possibility alright. Do you know if that discharge petition is likely to get the required votes by any chance?

[–] Hopfgeist@feddit.de 7 points 5 months ago

I really can't say. But I definitely think that the latest efforts by Johnson serve the explicit purpose of making the Discharge Petition less likely to succeed.

[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It might be close. Not every dem is going to support it, the more progressive ones are very upset that it contains aid for Israel, and likely feel they have a moral obligation to vote no because of that.

But there's also a number of repubs that do support it, and are willing to go against their party leadership to help our allies. So, it's a messy one.

Don't think Mike Johnson wants to help Ukraine though. This is just him stalling for time.

[–] Hopfgeist@feddit.de 2 points 5 months ago

Don’t think Mike Johnson wants to help Ukraine though. This is just him stalling for time.

Yes, I think this is exactly what it is.