House Democratic leaders said shortly before the vote that their caucus would back the Republican speaker’s measure to extend government funding, giving it the support to pass over G.O.P. objections.
This deadline is longer than the previous funding bill’s deadline and the added attention on the Israel-Hamas conflict has given factions on both sides something to compromise on: No funding for Ukraine in exchange for no funding for Israel. It’s a bit weird, but it worked out for Johnson.
This deadline is longer than the previous funding bill’s deadline and the added attention on the Israel-Hamas conflict has given factions on both sides something to compromise on: No funding for Ukraine in exchange for no funding for Israel. It’s a bit weird, but it worked out for Johnson.
I was countering the assertion that Democrats got everything they wanted. They did not.