re: Newest House proposal is $61 billion for Ukraine, $26 billion for Israel.

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And border? Our border?

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Republican leaders published the bills Wednesday proposing to split foreign aid into four separate bills focusing on Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. A fourth bill is expected later in the day focusing on other defense measures to “strengthen our national security.” The legislation comes after months of disagreement between both parties on how to provide foreign aid, leaving Congress at a standstill.

Johnson informed Republican lawmakers the bills would be brought to the floor under an open amendment process, allowing members to propose additional measures before a final vote.

The four bills will be paired together under a single rules package before being brought to the floor later this week for individual votes. After that, the surviving votes will be packaged together into a single piece of legislation and be sent to the Senate.

The package includes a $26.38 billion package for Israel; a $60.84 trillion package for Ukraine, and $8.12 billion to go toward Taiwan. The proposal also includes a fourth bill that would combine a number of other national security measures, including legislation to force China to divest in TikTok as well as the REPO Act, a proposal to seize frozen Russian assets and transfer them to the Ukrainian government to fight against the Kremlin.

Johnson also informed lawmakers there would be a separate bill coming to the floor this week that would focus solely on border security after threats from some House lawmakers to shoot down the measure if those provisions were not included.

It’s not entirely clear what the border bill will entail as the text has not yet been published, but Johnson said it would include “core components” of H.R. 2, Republicans’ signature border bill that passed the House last year but has since been stalled in the Senate.

All five of the bills are expected to be debated throughout the week, with a final vote on Saturday evening.

Under typical House procedure, a bill is brought to the floor under a rule that must be approved by lawmakers before it can be debated or voted on. A rule is historically passed along party lines and rarely fails on the House floor. However, House conservatives have weaponized the procedure several times over the last year, tanking key pieces of legislation and stalling action on the floor.

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