Biden and his team kept tabs but did not overly influence House Democratic votes for the measure, which passed largely with their support.
Like much of Washington, the Biden White House was caught off guard Saturday morning when House Speaker Kevin McCarthy abruptly reversed course and announced that he would bring a clean bill to fund the government for the next 45 days.
But inside the administration, aides attempted to downplay that exclusion. “Speaker McCarthy has stated his support for aid to Ukraine,” the White House official said, adding that they expected him to bring a separate bill to the floor “shortly.” There is certainly some Republican appetite to see that happen. Sen. Jim Risch , the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,Ukraine aid to be included in the full year appropriations that Congress is set to complete later this year. But the House GOP is a different beast. McCarthy’s office didn’t offer any response to a request for comment. However,that he had been open to including Ukraine aid in the stopgap funding bill but was unable to finalize language in time.
“House Republicans will have a choice in the next few days when we reconvene on Monday. Are they going to stand up for freedom, democracy and truth and the Ukrainian people, or will they continue to bend the knee to the pro-Putin caucus in the House Republican conference?” he said in a post-vote news conference Saturday.
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