Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., unveiled a plan for moving foreign aid through the House of Representatives during a closed-door meeting with Republican lawmakers.
The Republican leader had been under pressure to act on Israel and Ukraine funding as the situation in both conflicts grows more dire, while also navigating fraught divisions in the House GOP conference over conditions for giving aid overseas.
Under Johnson’s tentative plan, aid for Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel would all be considered as separate bills, according to two lawmakers present at the meeting. A fourth bill would combine miscellaneous national security priorities, including the House’s recently passed bill that could pave the way to a TikTok ban and the REPO Act, a bipartisan measure to liquefy seized Russian assets and send that money to Ukraine.
Johnson indicated to reporters after the meeting that he anticipates a vote on the bills by Friday.
BREAKING: Speaker Johnson’s foreign aid plan has reportedly "leaked." The terms are purportedly as follows:
$95.34 billion, roughly 60% of which goes directly into the DIB:
Ukraine – $48.43 billion
• $19.85 billion replenishment of stocks to DOD• $14.8 billion for DOD ops… pic.twitter.com/OMheF8zEVo
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BREAKING: Speaker Johnson’s foreign aid plan has reportedly “leaked.” The terms are purportedly as follows:
$95.34 billion, roughly 60% of which goes directly into the DIB:
Ukraine – $48.43 billion
• $19.85 billion replenishment of stocks to DOD
• $14.8 billion for DOD ops in EUCOME AOR
• $13.8 billion in USAl for Ukraine to purchase US weapons
• $8 million for IG ($7.85 billion direct support to Ukraine government) Israel – $14.1 billion
• $4 billion for missile defense (Iron Dome and David’s Sling)
• $1.2 billion for Iron Beam • $4 billion replenishment of stocks to DOD
• $3.5 billion in FMS for Israel to purchase US weapons
• $800 million for ammunition plant improvements Red Sea Operations – $2.4 billion
• use for operations, force protection, and the replacement of combat expenditures INDOPACOM – $2.58 billion
• 1.9 billion replenishment of stocks to DOD
• 542 million to INODPACOM UPL
• 133 million to enhance cruise missile components Submarine Industrial Base – $3.3 billion
• Investment in dry dock construction, etc, in support of SIB and AUKIS
