Republican Showdown Over Foreign Aid Bills, A Third Republican Wants to Oust Speaker Johnson, Biden Opens Girls’ Sports to Boys, Biden Closes Off Alaska to Critical Minerals Mining, Banks Introduces Bill to Defund NPR | April 19

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: A rule to consolidate aid to Ukraine and Israel into one bill failed to gain the support of more than 25% of House Republicans. A third Republican has announced support for ousting fellow Republican Mike Johnson as Speaker. New Biden administration regulation would open girls’ bathrooms, locker rooms, housing, sports teams to boys who “identify” as girls Biden closes off large swaths of Alaska to oil, natural gas, and critical minerals mining. Rep. Jim Banks introduced legislation Friday to cut off federal funding to National Public Radio. Relevant Links Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Brian Godstein and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Friday, April 19th.
0:07.0	Here are today's headlines. A rule in the U.S. House of Representatives failed to gain the support of more than 25% of Republicans in a crucial vote on Friday.
0:29.0	Daily Signal Executive Editor Rob Bluey reports that it's the latest showdown between Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican lawmakers.
0:37.0	The rule passed with significant Democrat support.
0:41.0	It combines four unrelated foreign aid bills into a single package.
0:45.9	The four bills include a funding bill for Ukraine, one for Israel, another that would impose
0:50.7	more sanctions on China, Iran, and Russia,
0:54.1	and a fourth bill mandating Tic-Tox Parent Company
0:57.0	sever ties with the Communist Chinese government
0:59.7	or cease operations in the United States.
1:03.0	Johnson pledged that lawmakers will get to vote on each of the four bills individually.
1:08.0	However, since the rule passed the House Friday, following those separate votes,
1:12.0	the bills will be consolidated into
1:14.7	one 95 billion dollar package without further deliberation.
1:19.4	Defeating the rule presented conservatives with their best opportunity to block the foreign aid package in the house.
1:27.0	Conservatives have advocated prioritizing a border security bill and then considering each foreign aid bill separately.
1:35.3	55 Republicans voted against the consolidation rule.
1:39.2	Heritage Action for America, a partner organization of the Heritage Foundation and the Daily Signal
1:44.5	announced its opposition to combining the four bills. Heritage Action Executive Vice President
1:50.8	Ryan Walker said that promising votes on four separate
1:54.4	bills that are immediately tied back together is a disingenuous maneuver that
1:59.3	lawmakers should reject. A third Republican has announced his support for ousting fellow Republican Mike Johnson as the Speaker of the House.
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