House Will Vote Next Week on ‘Stand-Alone’ Israel Aid Bill, Speaker Johnson Says

The House plans to vote next week on a stand-alone Israel aid bill Speaker Mike Johnson said in a letter to colleagues on Saturday, in which he describes a new plan to vote on its foreign aid. This is both a new initiative — and something of a retreat by House Republicans, who late last year approved a plan that provided billions in Israeli aid, but also cut money for the IRS. The earlier plan in November left out funding for Ukraine and other national security priorities. Johnson then had chosen to pursue a narrower bill that would not attract…