<p>House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) refused to budge on his demand for a border security overhaul in exchange for more aid to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukraine</a> after meeting with Ukrainian President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/volodymyr-zelensky" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Volodymyr Zelensky</a> on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Johnson told reporters that &#8220;transformative&#8221; reforms to tackle the border crisis, in addition to more clarity and oversight on money given to Ukraine for its defensive <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine-russia-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fight against Russia</a>, remain the GOP-led House&#8217;s conditions for a deal.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) blames the White House and the Senate for holding up aid to Ukraine and instead pushes for a bill that would implement harsher immigration policies:</p>
<p>“The Senate has been MIA on this. The House passed H.R. 2 &#8230; more than six months ago.” <a href="https://t.co/JzzwKQkgS2">pic.twitter.com/JzzwKQkgS2</a></p>
<p>&mdash; The Recount (@therecount) <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1734622752290558009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;These are our conditions because these are the conditions of the American people. And we are resolute on that. It is not the House’s issue right now,&#8221; Johnson said, alluding to how the House <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/us/politics/house-republicans-immigration-bill.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> border legislation earlier this year. &#8220;The issue is with the White House and the Senate, and I implore them to do their job because the time is urgent and we do want to do the right thing here.&#8221;</p>
<p>The White House recently <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/briefing-room/2023/12/04/letter-to-congressional-leadership-regarding-the-need-for-urgent-action-to-support-ukraines-defense/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> Congress that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-denies-zelensky-opportunity-to-address-joint-session-of-congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$111 billion</a> in supplemental funds previously allocated to Ukraine would soon run out, and Zelensky made another trip to Washington, D.C., this week to make the case for the <a href="https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1734612044341563499" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;significance of sustaining vital U.S. support&#8221;</a> for his country&#8217;s military and economy.</p>
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<p>Senate Democrats <a href="https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/national_security_and_border_act_summary.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tried to advance</a> a $110 billion national security package, which would provide money for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, and even for bolstering border security, but it <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/senate-republicans-block-ukraine-and-israel-aid-as-they-demand-border-policy-changes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">failed to clear a 60-vote threshold</a> last week in the face of opposition from Republicans, many of whom have pressed for the inclusion of reforms such as <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-republicans-asylum-limits-funding-bill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asylum limits</a> and ramping border wall construction back up.</p>
<p>President Joe Biden and other Democrats say they are open to a border security compromise, but claim Republicans are unwilling to make a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/12/06/remarks-by-president-biden-urging-congress-to-pass-his-national-security-supplemental-request-including-funding-to-support-ukraine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;bipartisan&#8221;</a> deal. Negotiations have been going on in the Senate — though there has yet to be a breakthrough so far.</p>
<p>Johnson, who is less than two months into his tenure as speaker, <a href="https://hughhewitt.com/house-speaker-mike-johnson-r-la-on-the-stalled-supplemental-and-president-biden-being-mia-from-the-negotiations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> on Tuesday that the House may leave D.C. for the end-of-the-year holiday break without a deal.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don’t know what else to do,&#8221; Johnson told radio host Hugh Hewitt. &#8220;I’m not going to have everybody sit here through Christmas twiddling their thumbs. They’ve not sent me anything.&#8221;</p>

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