Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced Friday that he will strip funding for Ukraine out of a Pentagon spending bill after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) joined conservatives in blocking …

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced Friday that he will strip funding for Ukraine out of a Pentagon spending bill after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) joined conservatives in blocking the legislation from advancing earlier this week.

McCarthy said he would remove the $300 million for Ukraine currently in the Pentagon appropriations bill and hold a separate vote on the funding.

“It would be out and voted on by itself,” McCarthy said when asked about the Ukraine aid in the Pentagon appropriations bill.

The Speaker’s announcement comes one day after a band of five conservatives opposed a procedural vote for the Pentagon appropriations bill, sinking the effort and preventing the legislation from moving forward. It was the second time this week that hard-liners blocked the funding bill from advancing.

  • Armen12English
    136·
    9 months ago

    Good, no more foreign wars, this isn’t what democrats should be focused on

      • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.orgEnglish
        0·
        9 months ago

        Well, it looks more like a reason to start WWIII.

        We are also pushing China with Taiwan.

        800+ military bases outside of the US, many are being built close to China and Russia, which they will not like.

        Remember the Cuban Missle Crisis?

          • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.orgEnglish
            0·
            9 months ago

            Working class people being killed for the wealthy class will not help make your life better.

            The gov’t decided to, similar to what we in the US do.

            Looking at all the countries we have brought democracy and freedom to.

            Peace talks can only start with US president talking with the other superpower.

            Look at the conflicts in Finland and Russia to learn a bit more on how that was resolved.

    • IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social
      5·
      9 months ago

      Guess the US should also close every forward operating base then and let our allies in East Asia fend for themselves against China and North Korea.