WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson’s push to advance an aid package for Ukraine in the face of vehement opposition from his own party was never going to be easy. But it has been made even more politically perilous by a pair of concessions to the far right that he inherited from his predecessor: allowing a single lawmaker to call a snap vote to oust the speaker, and giving ultraconservatives a bloc of seats on a crucial panel that controls what legislation can make it to the House floor. Both of t
freedom caucus, the ultraconservatives, and they have been pretty vocal. so you ve got members like nancy mays, for example, who basically said that she is going to vote no to this. and she also said this whole threat of default is a scare tactic. she said to us, that treasury secretary could find a couple of buckets of money by monday. you also have ralph norman, part of the caucus committee ultraconservatives who is a big holdout. he said to the bbc that this is not a good deal. he will be voting no. we see it now, you know, and the chamber, the debates being held, kevin mccarthy, it s really interesting he made a point of how i took him so long, 15 rounds of voting to get the speakership, and that it also took him a long time to talk to president biden, 97 days, he said. he seems optimistic that he has got the votes that he needs. ., , ., needs. there was a. little bit earlier needs. there was a. little bit earlier today, needs. there was a. little bit earlier today, what - need
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three and half hours now when they are expected to vote but they think are expected to vote but they think a deal is done the mood music is good right now. yes a deal is done the mood music is good right ow- a deal is done the mood music is good right nova a deal is done the mood music is good right now. yes the levels of confidence good right now. yes the levels of confidence are good right now. yes the levels of confidence are very good right now. yes the levels of confidence are very high. - good right now. yes the levels of. confidence are very high. president biden heading to colorado so that he is feeling good about it. speaker of the house kevin mccarthy has said pretty much the same as well. and also there is a other key figure in all of this. another man the majority whip for the republican party, basically the guy who will count all of the votes. 218 votes as the number that they need. he is confident that all of the republicans will get on board in the end and he wa