Rep. Mike Lawler, a moderate Republican from New York, cast optimism that a vote on funding for Ukraine’s war effort could land on the House floor when members return from Easter recess early next month as divisions in the House GOP have so far stymied progress on sending aid to the key US ally.
Rep. Mike Lawler, a moderate Republican from New York, expressed optimism on Sunday that a vote on funding for Ukraine’s war effort could land on the House floor when members return from recess early next month. Divisions in the House GOP have so far stymied progress on sending aid to the key US ally. “I believe there will be a vote when we get back from the Easter recess,” Lawler, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union.
” Putting funding for Ukraine on the floor poses a difficult conundrum for Johnson. The speaker could face a vote for his removal, with GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filing a motion to vacate before the Easter recess but so far stopping short of forcing a vote on that resolution. And with many far-right Republicans opposing any new money to Ukraine in its fight against Russia, Johnson runs the risk of angering members who may soon hold the Louisiana representative’s fate in their hands.
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