US House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Sunday vowed to kill a Senate-passed bill that would link border security funding to aid for Ukraine.
The bill, which was unveiled on Sunday, includes $118.3 billion in total funding, including $60 billion to support Ukraine, $14.1 billion in security assistance for Israel, and $20.2 billion for US border security.
In a post on social media, Johnson said that the bill was “even worse than we expected” and that it would “not come close to ending the border catastrophe that the President has created.”
He pledged that if the bill reached the House, it would be “dead on arrival.” The bill’s passage in the Senate is also uncertain. It needs 60 votes to overcome a filibuster, and it is unclear whether it will have the support of enough Republicans.
The bill is a major foreign policy goal for President Biden, who has been urging Congress to approve additional aid for Ukraine.
However, Republicans have been reluctant to approve more funding without also addressing border security.
The bill’s passage would be a significant victory for Biden, but it is facing an uphill battle in Congress.
