CNN reports that the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, discusses a new bipartisan package of foreign aid to Ukraine during personal meetings with Republicans.
The US can still approve aid for Ukraine
Although Johnson derailed a bipartisan aid package for Ukraine proposed by the Senate, a new proposal emerging in the House of Representatives could still pass.
What is essential to understand is that the new bipartisan package includes restrictions on the US-Mexico border.
As journalists managed to find out, currently, the head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, Michael McCaul, is playing a leading role in trying to finalize the proposal and reach a consensus to achieve a decision on the floor by the end of March or in April.
The media also draws attention to the fact that Johnson has not yet announced his final decision on the new plan and has not committed to putting it to a vote.
In addition, he told his colleagues that they should finish work on the legislation on public funding.
But once that process is done by mid-March, Republican backers of the plan believe he will let it come to the floor — even it risks backlash from hard-right members or even a vote for his ouster from the speakership.
Why the new plan to help Ukraine may also fail
According to journalists, passing the law through the House of Representatives "will not be easy."
What is essential to understand is that the Republicans do not have a clear position on supporting Ukraine.
Moreover, former US President Donald Trump can de facto destroy the draft law with one post on social networks.
It will need broad support among Democrats to pass — a daunting task given that the package includes new border restrictions and aid to Israel, which is likely to draw opposition from the left.
