Johnson says the House won’t rush to a vote on potential changes to border security

The Republican leader of the Lower House, Mike Johnson, said this Saturday that the body would not rush to vote on a bipartisan agreement with aid for Ukraine in exchange for tightening immigration policy at the border, Politico and Bloomberg reported. The House of Representatives will consider only one proposal for aid to Israel next week, he added.

In fact, details about the text drafted by Senate negotiators are expected sometime later this week. But with his letter to Republicans in the lower house, Johnson appears to have put the matter on temporary hold in the body he presides over.

“I am writing to let you know that this afternoon our colleague Ken Calvert will unveil a legislative text on aid to our ally Israel. We plan to bring it to a vote next week,” Johnson wrote in a letter published by Politico.

“While the Senate looks ready to finally release the text of its supplemental package after months of closed-door negotiations, its leadership is aware that by not including the lower house in its negotiations, it has eliminated its ability to pass any legislation. Quick consideration was done,” he added.

Despite this fact, as Republicans have long demanded, President Joe Biden’s administration has agreed to help Ukraine significantly tighten immigration policy and border security, according to reports with people familiar with the matter. agreement..

In the Senate, Republican leader Mitch McConnell expressed a similar position to Democrat Schumer: speed up consideration of projects with aid to Ukraine and Israel that “hopefully” include a border agreement.