WaPo’s Sotomayor: It’s Going To Be a Consequential Week for the Speaker Amid Threats to Johnson’s Speakership

‘They were always going to tackle the question of whether to send funding to Ukraine and Israel’

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SOTOMAYOR: "We're about to find out this week. It will be a consequential week for the speaker, as well as House Republicans. They were always going to tackle questions of whether to send funding to Ukraine and Israel, given just the developments of the last 24 hours. It is imperative now for many House Republicans who were trying to potentially delay that question to address it. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said before that if Johnson sends any funding bill to Ukraine, that that is what’s going to trigger this motion to vacate, even though Trump has already said, you know, 'I stand with the speaker. I think he’s doing a good job in a very tough situation.' We're really going to see all of this play out by the end of the week."

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