House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) told reporters Monday that he will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington this week as Congress is debating new spending on the proxy war in Ukraine.
Zelensky arrived in New York on Monday where he will attend the UN General Assembly. After that, he’s headed to Washington where he will visit the White House and Capitol Hill.
Zelensky’s visit comes as Congress needs to pass a funding bill by September 30 to avert a government shutdown, and Democrats are looking to include the $24 billion in additional spending on the Ukraine war that President Biden recently requested.
But McCarthy has put forward a continuing resolution for the short-term funding bill that does not include the $24 billion for Ukraine, which will be dead on arrival in the Democrat-controlled Senate. McCarthy is also unsure if his resolution will be passed by the House as some Republicans have come out against it due to spending levels.
Democrats in the House are expected to vote down McCarthy’s resolution since it doesn’t include the Ukraine spending, so he could only afford to lose four Republican votes. According to ABC News, about a dozen House GOP members have signaled they will vote against the measure.
Zelensky will make a pitch for the US to spend more on the war, but when asked if the Ukrainian leader’s visit could alter his resolution to include the Ukraine aid, McCarthy told reporters, “No.”
The new spending on the war in Ukraine is expected to be authorized by Congress eventually, but a loud minority of House Republicans opposed to the policy, mainly in the Freedom Caucus, can delay the package. McCarthy has been a staunch supporter of the proxy war in Ukraine, but if he loses the support of too many Republicans, he could lose his speakership, giving Freedom Caucus members leverage to work with.
I hope McCarthy has packed his gold, frankincense, and myrrh on his air camel.
“House Speaker McCarthy to Meet With Zelensky This Week”
Uniparty leader to meet fascist shill in Washington.
WTF,what could possibly go wrong. these two men are not overburdened with intelligence.
He is their son of bitch.
Thanks to American investments we learned how looks modern conventional war. Maybe in not so remote future, thanks to them, we will learn how looks the full scale nuclear war.
After a Nuclear war the entire landscape will be dark,dreary like a disaster film with nothing left except rats and roaches similar to our present day politicians
If rats can survive without bunkers, sure, humans in bunkers also can do it. Anyway, my congratulations to our minor brothers rats. As the men of science explained to us, rats are genetically closer to us than dogs or cats whom we love so very much. We never know, maybe the rats will inherit this planet. Maybe God is taking care of rats as his plan B in case humans fail miserably.
Talking Science then ending with God taking care of rats. Lol.
Maybe your God is trying to also help Ukrainians.
Weren’t humans suppose to fail miserably?
I hope not.
That depends. If they are smart…big if…they would use neutron bombs and just fry everyone not in a bunker.
It’s the end of the world!! Jesus is coming. Oh no, nukes are coming thanks to the adult in the room, dumbass Putin.
“Oh no, nukes are coming thanks to the adults in the room, dumbasses Biden, Blinken, Nuland and Sullivan.”
There, fixed it for you.
If Jesus is coming, what is he coming for? He should put an end to the wars going on in the world.
Two peas in a pod. Both as crooked and corrupt as a day at the North Pole.
But both rookies compared to Putin.
Crooked and corrupt is crooked and corrupt whether rookies like Zelensky and McCarthy, as you say, or seasoned veterans like Putin. By the way Don, was Putin crooked and corrupt before 2014 when you were still respecting him?
Yes, he was. I just didn’t see it. I believed his BS. Didn’t know he was full of it.
And yet you were in the military at that time and probably for quite some time. Odd. Weren’t you listening?
Nothing odd about it.
I was too busy with school, sports, and later the war on ‘terrorism.’ Didn’t have time to focus outside my capacities. It wasn’t until I started my Masters in International Relations with focus on Russian politics because I wanted to be a diplomat. I lived between Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine while learning the language as part of my program. Made many friends and loved it. Then I started peeling the Putin onion.
If I was a Republican before then left the party because I realized it was not what it led me to believe it was, am I wrong to call out their BS?
Do I need to show love for Putin because I once respected him because I thought he was legit? The US is no saint, but neither is Putin and I stand against his imperialistic agenda that uses West as a disguise.
Nothing odd about it.
True. That is, if you had been living under a rock. But you were in the miltary. And how did you form your “respectful” opinion of Putin in the first place? Did you ignore the very military you were serving in at the time?
If I was a Republican before then left the party because I realized it was not what it led me to believe it was, am I wrong to call out their BS?
It’s not a matter of calling out anyone’s “BS”. The problem is your constant attacking anyone and everyone who doesn’t think like you with the standard “Putin lover” accusation.
So according to someone with a Masters in International Relations ascertains that Putin is more corrupt than the U.S. speaker of the House? Hmmm what metrics do you use to quantify how corrupt an individual politician is in relation to another? I’d be interested to see your data. I’m assuming you have some data and are not just talking out of your ass.
Either way, the fact that you were confused about Putin being corrupt doesn’t bode well for the credibility of any future analysis. I suppose you think Joe Biden is as clean as a babies ass? How about Trump? Pure as the wind driven snow? How about the Pentagon? No graft going on there AMIRITE?
You really need to realize that the us vs. them is not Americans vs. Russian, it’s the 99% vs. 1%. The 1% being the totalitarians that currently rule the planet vs. the humans.
wow look up the word diplomat in the encyclopedia and there is a photo of senior Julio
What’s more disgusting than a warmongering demo rat? …A fake anti Ukraine war repugninant. (Sarcasm)
I’d call it a draw.
I agree… Sorry for the slip. It won’t happen again. LOL, no probably will when I see one of them again warmongering . It’s hard to compare levels of disgust in that moment.
(Sarcasm)
The little rat comes to beg and threaten us for more cheese.
I hope McCarthy loses his position as Misspeaker of The House and his gray hairs fall out. That would be good news. The bad news would be that there would be another Misspeaker of The House.
MF Zelensky is live on TV right now = 9/19/23 1:30 pm pacific time.
MF is telling us tax-payers that if we don’t continue to support Ukraine then we might as well be supporting the devil. are those the only options that we as tax-payers have to choose from. Zelli on the one side and the Devil on the other side.
wow. if i close my eyes i wouldn’t be able to discern which is the man and which is the devil.
MF Zelensky is live on TV right now = 9/19/23 1:30 pm pacific time.
MF is telling us tax-payers that if we don’t continue to support Ukraine then we might as well be supporting the devil. are those the only options that we as tax-payers have to choose from. Zelli on the one side and the Devil on the other side.
wow. if i close my eyes i wouldn’t be able to discern which is the man and which is the devil.
The problem is that Congress cannot print soldiers.