Senate to vote on foreign aid package, speaker facing some GOP backlash for allowing House vote

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CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE OF THIS COURT CASE, AND WE'LL BE HEADING BACK TO BUG ERROL AND REBECCA THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> IN THE MEANTIME, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS URGING THE SENATE QUICKLY TO APPROVE FOREIGN LEGISLATION, WHICH FINALLY PASSED THE HOUSE OVER THE WEEKEND. THE BILL PROVIDES $95 BILLION TO UKRAINE AND ISRAEL, AS WELL AS AMERICA'S ALLIES IN THE INDO- PACIFIC. HOUSE SPEAKER JOHNSON ALLOWED THE VOTES. SCOTT, GOOD MORNING. >> Reporter: ANNE-MARIE, VLAD, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. THE HOUSE SPEAKER PUT HIS JOB ON THE LINE TO SUPPORT THIS UKRAINE AND FOREIGN AID PACKAGE, AS HE DEALS WITH A REVOLT INSIDE HIS OWN PARTY. WITH UKRAINE RUNNING SHORT ON MONEY AND MUNITIONS. >> ON THIS VOTE, THE BILL HAS PASSED. >> Reporter: THE U.S. HOUSE APPROVED NEARLY $61 BILLION TO HELP THE COUNTRY IN ITS THIRD YEAR, FIGHTING BACK THE RUSSIAN INVASION. THE SENATE IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW SUIT WHEN IT RETURNS TOMORROW. >> THE UKRAINIANS MORALE HAS BEEN GREAT, BUT IT'S BEEN UNDERMINED OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN LITERALLY GIVEN OUT RATIONED BULLETS. >> Reporter: VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY THANKED THE HOUSE FOR OVERCOMING ITS GRIDLOCK. >> THIS IS THE SHELL OF LEADERSHIP IN THE U.S. >> Reporter: $8 BILLION FOR TAIWAN, AND INDO-PACIFIC SECURITY. SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON SUCCESSFULLY CHAMPIONED THE BILLS THIS WEEKEND, WHICH HAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. WINNING PRAISE FROM DEMOCRATS. >> TRADITIONAL CONSERVATIVES, LED BY SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON HAVE RISEN TO THE OCCASION. >> Reporter: BUT A FEW HARD LINE REPUBLICANS ARE LOOKING TO OUST JOHNSON. >> MIKE JOHNSON'S SPEAKERSHIP IS OVER. HE NEEDS TO DO THE RIGHT THING, TO RESIGN AND ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD IN A CONTROLLED PROCESS. IF HE DOESN'T DO SO, HE WILL BE VACATED. >> Reporter: CONGRESSWOMAN GREEN AND THE TWO COLLEAGUES SHE HAS WHO ARE THREATENING TO REMOVE JOHNSON HAVEN'T SAID WHEN THEY'LL CALL A VOTE ON THAT MATTER. AS FOR JOHNSON, HE SAID THE INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS HE RECEIVED, AND HIS OWN SON'S ENROLLMENT IN THE NAVAL ACADEMY HELPED HIM SOLIDIFY THIS. >> THERE ARE SOME DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE GONE ON THE RECORD, SUGGESTING THAT THEY WOULD BE OPEN TO VOTING TO KEEPING SPEAKER JOHNSON IN OFFICE. IF THAT'S TRUE, SCOTT, I WONDER IF ANYBODY HAS ASKED THEM IF THEY FEEL THE SHOE IS ON THE OTHER FOOT, THAT REPUBLICANS WOULD HELP THEM IN THAT SAME WAY? >> Reporter: DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP HAD URGED ITS MEMBERS TO KEEP THEIR POWDER DRY ON THIS. NOT TO MAKE ANY DECLARATIONS ON THE RECORD THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO WALK BACK, BUT THERE ARE DEMOCRATS WHO AREN'T JUST HINTING AT IT, OR SUGGESTING, THEY'RE SAYING THEY WOULD VOTE TO SAVE MIKE JOHNSON IF THERE'S AN ATTEMPT TO OUST HIM OVER UKRAINE FUNDING. IT'S QUITE A THING TO SAY ALOUD. THAT HELPS MIKE JOHNSON GET THROUGH THE WEEK, GET THROUGH THE MONTH. BUT THERE ARE MORE BATTLES TO BE HAD, AND DEMOCRATS MAY NOT BE COMMITTING TO KEEP JOHNSON IN PLACE THROUGHOUT THIS CALENDAR YEAR. IF THE SHOE WAS ON THE OTHER FOOT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, VLAD. WE'VE NEVER SEEN THIS IN MODERN TIMES. THIS TYPE OF COALITION GOVERNMENT, AND WE MAY NEVER SEE IT AGAIN. IF WE DO, WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S RESIPCATION. >> YOU'VE GOT TO WONDER WHAT THAT WOULD DO, IF DEMOCRATS SAVE HIM,
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Channel: CBS News
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Keywords: mike johnson, foreign aid, ukraine, israel, politics, republicans, democrats, congress, donald trump, joe biden
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Length: 4min 9sec (249 seconds)
Published: Mon Apr 22 2024
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