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...But a draft bill has not been circulated, and this week Johnson declined a meeting with UK foreign minister David Cameron, who flew in to pressure him on the issue....
...On Monday Johnson proposed to replace a $95bn Senate-approved bill offering more aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with four separate bills, which would also include new sanctions on Iran....
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...On Friday, Johnson travelled to Mar-a-Lago to see Trump, who later told reporters he was “looking at” a Ukraine aid bill. Trump did not immediately comment on Johnson’s latest proposal on Monday....
...He said that he had briefed Johnson on the situation on the battlefield, in particular Russia’s intensifying air attacks....
...The agreement was welcomed by President Joe Biden, who signed the bill on Saturday....
...Johnson also said a fourth bill, which includes a provision to seize Russian assets and additional sanctions on Russia, China and Iran, would be considered, along with a separate bill intended to boost security...
...Johnson’s plan, unveiled on Monday, splits the aid into three separate bills, including a $60.8bn Ukraine aid bill, a $26.4bn measure in support of Israel, and an $8.1bn package to send aid to Taiwan and...
...“I’m very happy that Speaker Johnson and House leaders incorporated my recommendation to extend the ByteDance divestment period from six months to a year,” Cantwell said....
...Boris Johnson’s Downing Street shake-up needs to succeed — and fast Boris Johnson recasts UK government with big cabinet shake-up Matt Hancock resigns as UK health secretary The UK Prime Minister and...
...For months, House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to put the Senate bill up for a vote in the face of opposition from Trump, the party’s presumed presidential nominee....
...The Republican Speaker said the House would vote on separate funding bills — for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan — and another bill that includes measures to confront China, Russia and Iran....
...But Johnson, an ally of former President Donald Trump, has so far refused to bring the bill to a vote in the House....
...“The notion that TBIL was not taken blows my mind,” Morris added of the ticker symbol he bagged for his three-month Treasury bill ETF in 2022....
...“I will say to Speaker Johnson, I am confident that there’s a large majority in the House who will vote for this bill”....
...Ralph Norman, a Republican House member from South Carolina, told the Financial Times on Thursday he “hoped” Johnson would not allow a version of the Senate bill to be taken up by the House....
...Johnson has said he will consider a “supplemental” funding bill to deal with the extra foreign aid for Israel, as well as money for Taiwan and increasing security on the US-Mexico border, in the coming weeks...
...Johnson’s backing and the unanimous vote suggest that the bill will have little trouble passing the House....
...People want a piece of that, and all these stocks are in the S&P,” said Bill Coleman, head of US ETF capital markets at Vanguard, referring to the septet of tech or tech-related stocks that have driven US...
...But Johnson has said the Senate “should have gone back to the drawing board to amend the current bill to include real border security” — a statement that leaves the bill in limbo....
...Labour MP Dame Diana Johnson pointed out that Home Office estimates for redeveloping two former RAF stations to house asylum seekers — Wethersfield in Essex and Scampton in Lincolnshire — had leapt from...
...On Saturday the Senate’s top Republican Mitch McConnell urged Mike Johnson, the Republican House Speaker, to call a vote on the bill without delay....
...Johnson made his proposal for votes on four separate bills, including funding Taiwan and another that would impose more sanctions on Iran and allow Ukraine to cash in on profits from frozen Russian assets...
...Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has also said he backs the measure....
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