House Speaker Mike Johnson Puts His Job on the Line Over Ukraine Aid

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Speaker Mike Johnson moves ahead with bills supporting Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan against their enemies. What's in the bills, what are their prospects for passing, and could they cost Johnson his job as a small group of Republicans threaten to move against him? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Capital Ideas Podcast now has a new monthly edition hosted by Capital Group CEO Mike Gittlin.
0:05.7	Investment professionals reveal their best mentors, how they find their next great idea,
0:10.0	and a few funny stories.
0:11.3	Subscribe wherever you get your podcast,
0:13.4	American Funds Distributors, Inc.
0:15.1	from the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal,
0:20.8	this is Potomac Watch.
0:24.3	House Speaker Mike Johnson makes his move to pass aid
0:27.4	for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan,
0:29.8	despite opposition from some on his right flag.
0:33.2	What is he proposing?
0:34.5	What are its prospects in the House?
0:36.9	And could it lead to the loss of his speakership?
0:39.8	We'll tell you all about it in this edition of Potomac Watch as the American House of
0:44.6	Representatives heads for what will be one of the most important votes in the
0:48.9	current Congress and maybe in many years. Welcome, I'm Paul Geego,
0:53.4	Wall Street Journal editorial page editor
0:56.1	here in our daily podcast Potomac Watch.
0:58.6	And I'm here with two of my colleagues, Kate Batchelder O'Dell and Bill McGurn. Welcome to you both.
1:05.0	Kate, big moved by the speaker this week.
1:08.0	Rumored last week, but now he's walking out there and he's put his bona fide and his substance on the line.
1:14.7	Tell us what he's proposing.
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