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the picture for us from your view. >> bret, as you know, the senate acted about two months ago on this aid package that was basically three elements. it was defense aid to israel. well, maybe four elements. defense aid to israel. defense aid to ukraine. humanitarian aid to ukraine and gaza. and then indo-pacific defense aid. we put those four elements into one bill, sent it to the house. it looks like what the house is going to do and i'm really excited that they are now taking this up because we have been really urging them to, take them up as four different bills, there is going defense bill. ukraine will have ukraine both defense and humanitarian aid. and end do pacific bill. house. sanctions against iran. some matters that were not in the original senate bill. they are going to vote on those beginning on saturday. i think you will see the house possibly embrace all four of these bills and by rule they will then combine them into one.
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we know the administration has said that at this stage they cannot say who will take over what is a huge role, but are there any potential names out there? any ideas floating around that you have heard of? there are — washington loves to play this parlour game of who comes next. who is in, who is out. one of the challenging things is going to be canned the next special envoy get senate confirmed? john kerry was never confirmed by the senate, this is a route that many administrations take to work around the lengthy amount of time it can take for congress to approve a president's nominees. but congress last year got a provision into a defense bill that says a special envoy must be set and confirmed. there are some loopholes
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speaker's chair, but his right flank is cause a host of other headaches and problems for the speaker. >> it is really interesting, his strategy here, because those are the same voices you say he can't ignore, but they're the ones as you said pushed out kevin mccarthy from the speakership. they said because he tried to keep the government open and did not seek spending cuts, he should be out as speaker. since then, he has moved to keep the government out without seeking cuts. he has moved a defense bill, cut a deal with democrats that essentially he used a process to sirkm venlt the right flank to get it passed, and he may do that again on this government funding bill, essentially pushing the right flank to de decide, working with democrats to get this through. how do you think that's going to go over? >> not well. manu, you know these people as well as i do in terms of the freedom caucus and the hard right. they're going to be furious if johnson works with democrats to fund the government. he's boxed himself into a corner because he said he's not going
Mike-johnsonProblemsStrategyOnesFlankSpeakerKevin-mccarthyVoicesHeadachesChairHostGovernmentHappy Thursday! Congress just passed the biggest pay raise for troops in more than two decades. Here’s what you need to know about the $886 billion annual defense policy bill and other fiscal developments. Senate to Delay Holiday Recess in Hopes of Reaching Border Deal The Senate will delay its planned holiday recess and return to the Capitol next week in an attempt to give negotiators more time to reach an elusive deal on a $110.5 billion supplemental spending bill including border policy changes and aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
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