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Apr 19

WATCH: Ukraine and Israel aid clears procedural hurdle, House pushes toward weekend votes

By Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Associated Press

It was a victory for the strategy Johnson set in motion this week after he agonized for two months over the legislation.

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Apr 16

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Johnson faces another threat to speakership over Ukraine and Israel aid plans

By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura

On Capitol Hill, House Speaker Mike Johnson spent the day juggling his foreign aid priorities for Ukraine and Israel with potential threats to his job from members of his own party. Lisa Desjardins reports.

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Apr 16

Despite Republican objections, House Speaker Johnson pushes ahead on aid for Ukraine, Israel and other allies

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

The approach will require the speaker to cobble together bipartisan majorities with different factions of House Republicans and Democrats on each measure.

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Apr 15

House Speaker Mike Johnson reveals complicated approach to passing aid for Ukraine and Israel

By Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

House Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled a complicated proposal for passing wartime aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan. But the path to passage was deeply uncertain as he rejected pressure to simply approve the package sent over by the Senate.

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Apr 14

Speaker Johnson says he will push to advance aid for Israel, Ukraine in the House this week

By Stephen Groves, Associated Press

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he will try to advance wartime aid for Israel this week as he attempts the difficult task of winning House approval for a national security package that also includes funding for Ukraine and allies…

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Apr 12

WATCH: Trump gives support to embattled Speaker Mike Johnson at pivotal Mar-a-Lago meet

By Lisa Mascaro, Jill Colvin, Associated Press

Trump said Johnson was doing a "very good job" and the Republican presumptive presidential nominee called the efforts to oust the speaker "unfortunate."…

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Apr 12

House passes reauthorization of key U.S. surveillance program after days of upheaval over changes

By Farnoush Amiri, Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The U.S. House has passed a bill to reauthorize and provide sweeping reforms of a key U.S. government surveillance tool without including broad restrictions on how the FBI uses this crucial program to search for Americans' data.

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Apr 12

House nears reauthorization of U.S. spy program amid GOP pushback

By Farnoush Amiri, Eric Tucker, Associated Press

It is unclear if Johnson, who has called the program “critical” to national security, will have the Republican support necessary to push the bill through final passage.

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Apr 10

Ukraine will be outgunned by Russia 10 to 1 in weeks without U.S. help, top Europe general says

By Tara Copp, Associated Press

The top general for U.S. forces in Europe told Congress Wednesday that Ukraine will be outgunned 10 to one by Russia within a matter of weeks if Congress does not find a way to approve sending more ammunition and weapons…

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Apr 09

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Speaker Johnson faces legislative dilemmas as he fights to hold job among divided GOP

By Lisa Desjardins, Ian Couzens, Ted Everett

Congress arrived back in Washington with a long list of priorities for House Speaker Mike Johnson to accomplish and a razor-thin margin to get it done. Lisa Desjardins reports.

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