{"id":33830,"date":"2023-10-25T19:52:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T19:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/25\/gop-hawks-praise-new-house-speaker-amid-ukraine-budget-uncertainty\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:50:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:50:33","slug":"gop-hawks-praise-new-house-speaker-amid-ukraine-budget-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2023\/10\/25\/gop-hawks-praise-new-house-speaker-amid-ukraine-budget-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP hawks praise new House speaker amid Ukraine, budget uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 The House selected Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., as its new speaker in a party-line vote on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some Republican defense hawks struck a note of optimism following Johnson\u2019s election, arguing his position representing a military-heavy district on the Armed Services Committee could help ameliorate some of the budget uncertainty generated by the recent turmoil within the GOP conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Johnson will face many of the same political dynamics that beguiled former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who was ousted at the behest of a small group of right-wing lawmakers in his own party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCarthy\u2019s ouster ground business in the House to a halt for three weeks, raising questions as to whether Congress can fund the federal government \u2014 including the Defense Department \u2014 and pass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/the-americas\/2023\/10\/20\/biden-asks-for-defense-package-israel-ukraine-aukus-and-the-pacific\/\" target=\"_blank\">the White House\u2019s proposed $106 billion supplemental spending package<\/a>, which includes more military aid for Ukraine, Israel and Indo-Pacific security partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a floor speech following his election, Johnson addressed U.S. allies, acknowledging the world has \u201cbeen watching this drama play out for the last three weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want our allies around the world to know that this body of lawmakers is reporting again to our duty stations,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cLet the enemies of freedom around the world hear us loud and clear. The people\u2019s house is back in business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Rules Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., who also sits on the defense appropriations committee, praised Johnson\u2019s defense policy credentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI feel better because nothing\u2019s moving until we get a speaker,\u201d Cole told Defense News. \u201cI take a great deal of solace from the fact that Mike represents a military district: Barksdale Air Force Base.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barksdale Air Force Base is the headquarters of Air Force Global Strike Command. Johnson\u2019s rural Louisiana district is also home to Fort Johnson, the Army\u2019s Joint Readiness Training Center and the Louisiana National Guard\u2019s Minden Training Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s familiar with the issues,\u201d Cole said. He added that the Armed Services Committee Johnson sits on \u201cis a well-run, very bipartisan committee.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Armed Services Committee in June <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2023\/06\/22\/house-defense-bill-adds-special-ukraine-ig-taiwan-cyber-cooperation\/\" target=\"_blank\">advanced its $874 billion annual defense policy bill<\/a> in a 58-1 vote. The defense policy bill is usually a bipartisan product, but<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/07\/14\/house-narrowly-passes-defense-bill-after-dems-defect-over-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\"> the House narrowly passed it 219-210 in July <\/a>mostly along party lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats defected in droves after Republican leaders added several amendments from the right-wing Freedom Caucus that would overturn the Pentagon\u2019s abortion leave policy, restrict medical care for transgender troops, eliminate military diversity initiatives and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2023\/08\/31\/gop-defense-bill-bars-pentagon-from-enacting-bidens-climate-orders\/\" target=\"_blank\">bar the Defense Department from implementing President Joe Biden\u2019s climate change initiatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2023\/10\/03\/mccarthys-speakership-threatened-in-part-by-defense-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\">cited the partisan defense policy bill as part of their reason for voting to oust McCarthy<\/a> in an effort spearheaded by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. Gaetz instigated the vote to remove McCarthy after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/10\/01\/congress-avoids-government-shutdown-drops-ukraine-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\">the former speaker passed a bipartisan, short-term spending bill<\/a> earlier this month to avoid a government shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That bill expires Nov. 17, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/newsletters\/2023\/09\/19\/capitol-hill-dysfunction-threatens-key-defense-initiatives\/\" target=\"_blank\">once again raising the specter of a shutdown in the near future<\/a> unless Congress passes its appropriations legislation or another short-term spending bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If Congress does not pass its fiscal 2024 appropriations legislation by January, a one-year continuing resolution with a 1% cut to all federal agencies \u2014 including the Defense Department \u2014 goes into effect, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2023\/05\/29\/debt-ceiling-agreement-locks-in-bidens-proposed-defense-budget\/#:~:text=Debt%20ceiling%20agreement%20locks%20in%20Biden's%20proposed%20defense%20budget,-By%20Bryant%20Harris&#038;text=WASHINGTON%20%E2%80%94%20The%20debt%20ceiling%20agreement,3.3%25%20increase%20over%20this%20year.\" target=\"_blank\">per the May debt ceiling agreement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A one-year continuing resolution would place major constraints on the Pentagon\u2019s ability to procure big-ticket items like aircraft and ships, even as numerous shipbuilding programs are already falling behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole said this would constitute \u201ca failure of Congress to do its job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat is not what you want to do right now,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a very dangerous world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ukraine aid uncertainty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson in his speech said \u201cwe are at a time of extraordinary crisis right now, and the world needs us to be strong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTurmoil and violence have rocked the Middle East and eastern Europe \u2014 we all know it \u2014 and tensions continue to build in the Indo-Pacific,\u201d he added. \u201cThe country demands strong leadership of this body and we must not waver.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He vowed to take up legislation supporting Israel, but has so far declined to answer whether he would put additional Ukraine aid on the floor. The Biden administration has less than $5.5 billion in funds to continue transferring weapons from U.S. stockpiles to Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notably, McCarthy dropped $6 billion in Ukraine aid from the short-term spending bill amid growing opposition to continued arms transfers to Kyiv within the House Republican caucus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate is moving forward with a massive, bipartisan, all-in-one defense spending package based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/10\/20\/biden-asks-congress-for-israel-ukraine-aid-in-giant-defense-package\/\" target=\"_blank\">the supplemental request Biden sent to Congress last week<\/a>. Biden\u2019s proposed package includes $44.4 billion to continue arming Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion through the U.S. presidential election and $14.3 billion to arm Israel as it bombs Palestinians in the Gaza Strip following Hamas\u2019 massacre and abduction of Israelis earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans have demanded separate votes on Ukraine and Israel aid, with roughly half the House Republican caucus now opposed to continued assistance for Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to discuss the supplemental,\u201d Defense Appropriations Chairman Ken Calvert, R-Calif., told Defense News. \u201cObviously it\u2019s a big number, and we\u2019ve got to look at it carefully.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIsrael is our primary focus,\u201d he said, adding \u201cwe need to have a discussion about Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Democrats have called for a combined Ukraine-Israel aid package. They have also objected to Johnson\u2019s speakership over his vote against certifying Biden\u2019s 2020 election victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Pete Aguilar of California, the House\u2019s No. 3 Democrat, called Johnson \u201cthe most important architect of the electoral objections\u201d to a mingle of jeers and applause throughout the chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson led more than 100 GOP lawmakers in 2020 filing an amicus brief in a failed lawsuit that asked the Supreme Court to overturn the election results. The lawsuit was filed by Texas and other Republican-led states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A reporter on Tuesday asked Johnson about his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election results. He shook his head as Republican lawmakers behind him booed and Rep. 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