McConnell Raises Pressure on Johnson Over Ukraine

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) once again pressed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to take up the Senate-passed national security spending package, which includes $60 billion for Ukraine, “despite Johnson’s message to GOP senators this week that he’s moving in a different direction,” The Hill reports.

“McConnell didn’t express much interest in waiting weeks or maybe months for the House to come up with an alternative proposal to help Ukraine.”

Said McConnell: “The chilling reality here is abundantly clear. Withholding critical weapons has not helped manage Putin’s escalation. It has only emboldened him.”

He added: “It’s time for the House to take up the Senate-passed national security supplemental and finish the job.”