It is “irresponsible” to further postpone the vote on aid to Ukraine. This is what the leader of the minority dem in the House, Hakeem Jeffries, said, asking the Speaker, Mike Johnson, to set the vote in the chamber for next week for the measure that contains the 70 billion dollars in aid that Kiev desperately needs need and which the Republicans continue to block. “The clock is ticking and we must get the bipartisan national security bill done before we leave Washington on March 22. To do otherwise would be irresponsible,” the Democrat said, The Hill reports, referring to the upcoming shutdown of the Room. For weeks, Johnson has been refusing, also responding to Donald Trump’s indications, to send the 95 billion package that the Senate approved to a vote in the chamber – where according to the Biden administration there would be bipartisan support to approve the measure , even with the vote of 22 Republicans, last month. In addition to funds for Ukraine, the package contains funds for Israel and Taiwan. Meanwhile, pressure from foreign leaders is also increasing on the Republican Speaker. like Polish president Andrzej Duda who, during his visit to Washington, met with congressional leaders warning them of the risks to the security of his country and Europe if Ukraine is not helped to stop Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
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