The Potential Political Fallout Over Worldwide Funding

This week, after signing a $95 billion military-aid bundle into regulation, President Joe Biden launched that important weapons are being rushed to Ukraine. The passage of this bill, which includes funding for Israel, Taiwan, and totally different worldwide allies, marks the highest of the drawn-out fight in Congress over worldwide funding. Nonetheless, lawmakers proceed to handle the way in which ahead for social gathering administration on Capitol Hill: Will there be political ramifications for Biden and House Speaker Mike Johnson?

Johnson moreover traveled to Columbia School on Wednesday, the place, along with totally different Republican lawmakers, he spoke to school college students as demonstrations in the direction of the battle in Gaza have erupted on campuses all through the nation. At Columbia, Johnson was met with boos and pro-Palestinian chants from faculty college students. Within the meantime, Biden moreover faces questions on whether or not or not his protection on Israel could injury his standing amongst youthful voters in November.

Turning into a member of the editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg, to debate this and further: Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent at The New York Cases; Laura Barrón-López, a White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour; David Drucker, a senior creator at The Dispatch; and Mara Liasson, a nationwide political correspondent for NPR.

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