House Speaker Johnson lays out his agenda on spending, Ukraine, Israel and Biden impeachment

“If, in fact, all the evidence leads to where we believe it will, that’s very likely impeachable offenses,” Johnson says of the House GOP’s impeachment inquiry against Biden, adding that “We’re going to follow the truth where it leads, we’re going to engage in due process, because, again, we’re the rule of law party.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., laid out what is effectively the agenda for his first 100 days in his new role, which includes separate funding bills for Israel and Ukraine, individual appropriations bills, a temporary Continuing Resolution (CR) and an openness to the continuing effort to investigate and possibly impeach President Biden.

President Biden has proposed a $106 billion aid package for Ukraine and Israel that also includes humanitarian assistance as well as $13 billion in funding for U.S. border security.

There has been speculation as to how Johnson would handle that particular request, given that an additional federal spending bill has to be passed before Nov. 17 to avoid a government shutdown. Many Republicans have called for foreign aid to be voted on separately from regular government appropriations.

When asked specifically about foreign aid funding for Ukraine and Israel, Johnson revealed on Thursday evening in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity that he informed the White House that the “consensus among House Republicans is that we need to bifurcate those issues.”

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