#House overwhelmingly approves Ukraine aid

#House overwhelmingly approves Ukraine aid

The House late Thursday night overwhelmingly approved $300 million in new aid to Ukraine. The 311-117 vote came after House GOP leaders on Wednesday stripped the Ukraine assistance from a Pentagon funding bill. All “no” votes came from Republicans. Though it drew broad support, the funding has been a source of controversy for the past…

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#Conservative group grades House Republicans on Ukraine aid

#Conservative group grades House Republicans on Ukraine aid

House Republicans remain split on approving more aid to Ukraine, according to a new report card released by a conservative group Monday that grades members on their support for Kyiv. The Republicans for Ukraine report card evaluates members on six different criteria, including whether they voted for laws supporting U.S. aid to Ukraine, whether they supported amendments…

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#Devon Archer debate focuses on Hunter Biden ‘illusion of access’

#Devon Archer debate focuses on Hunter Biden ‘illusion of access’

Democrats and Republicans are offering clashing interpretations of the significance of former Hunter Biden business associate Devon Archer’s closed-door testimony, which lawmakers said included assertions that Hunter Biden was selling the “illusion of access” to his father and that Hunter Biden sometimes put President Biden on speakerphone to talk to his business associates. The revelations…

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#Republicans buckle down for what could be marathon blockade

#Republicans buckle down for what could be marathon blockade

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is racing to break the lower chamber deadlock triggered this week by disgruntled conservatives, but rank-and-file members aren’t holding their breath for a resolution. A number of House Republicans left Washington on Thursday warning the sides remain so far apart that it might require weeks — maybe longer — to get the…

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