Thursday, November 7, 2024
FGF
FGF
FGF

The Battle in Congress for Overseas Funding

Home Speaker Mike Johnson faces mounting frustration amongst his right-wing Republican colleagues.

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic. From right to left: Eugene Daniels, Seung Min Kim, and Jeffery Goldberg.
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic

Editor’s Observe: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing each Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Examine your native listings or watch full episodes right here.  

Momentum amongst annoyed right-wing Republicans builds in opposition to Home Speaker Mike Johnson following his announcement to carry long-stalled foreign-aid payments to a vote this weekend. Johnson’s battles are two-sided, as he fights to retain his management place whereas additionally passing essential assist for America’s abroad allies.

Votes on the help payments come at a pivotal time: Israel is pressured to weigh a response in opposition to Iran, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky instructed PBS NewsHour that the nation has “no likelihood of profitable” the struggle in opposition to Russia with out U.S. assist.

Becoming a member of the editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg, to debate this and extra: Eugene Daniels, a White Home correspondent for Politico and a co-author of Playbook; Seung Min Kim, a White Home reporter for the Related Press; Vivian Salama, a nationwide politics reporter for The Wall Road Journal; and Graeme Wooden, a workers author for The Atlantic.

Watch the complete episode right here.

Related Articles

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Latest Articles