Washington Week with The Atlantic

Johnson risks speakership to get Ukraine aid bill approved

Season 2024 Episode 17 | 11m 43s

Speaker Mike Johnson put his job on the line by putting Ukraine aid on the House floor for a vote. It earned him a legislative victory over Marjorie Taylor Freene and the isolationist wing of the Republican Party.

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