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Mike Johnson's predecessor as House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, was booted from his post by rightwing Republicans when he worked with Democrats to prevent a government shutdown. Johnson is trying to avoid that fate, and his hesitancy to put a bill sending military aid to Ukraine to a vote is seen as part of that. But as the Guardian's Edward Helmore reports, the Democrats who were fine with letting McCarthy perish now indicate they may be willing to save Johnson, should he allow the vote to go through:
The Democratic leadership in Congress has suggested it would protect the Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, if he bucks his far-right colleagues and brings a stalled $60bn Ukraine military aid package to a vote, as a new poll shows public support for Ukraine is now fractured down party-political lines.
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