{"id":101385,"date":"2026-06-05T07:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T07:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/101385\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T07:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T07:46:10","slug":"18-republicans-join-all-but-1-democrat-to-force-passage-of-ukraine-aid-bill-in-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/101385\/","title":{"rendered":"18 Republicans Join All but 1 Democrat to Force Passage of Ukraine Aid Bill in House"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the second time this week, sufficient Republican congressmen joined with Democrats on a discharge petition to force a vote in the House \u2014 this time over additional aid to Ukraine, despite vigorous opposition from both the Trump administration and its obsequious flunkey Mike Johnson. A full list of the 18 Republican congressmen who did the right thing is provided by Newsweek House passes Ukraine aid bill: Full list of Republicans who backed it<\/a><\/p>\n

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a Ukraine aid package in a 226-195 vote on Thursday, seemingly marking a bipartisan break from GOP leadership on the approach to the Eastern European nation\u2019s ongoing war with Russia.<\/p>\n

The bill provides more than $1 billion in security and reconstruction assistance to Ukraine and authorizes additional defense loans while also imposing new sanctions on Russia,\u00a0the Associated Press reports.<\/a><\/p>\n

The vote was driven by a coalition of nearly all Democrats, and almost 20 Republicans who broke ranks with their party. According to the official House roll call, the 18 GOP lawmakers who supported the measure were:<\/p>\n

Don Bacon of Nebraska<\/p>\n

Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Andrew Garbarino of New York<\/p>\n

Carlos Gimenez of Florida<\/p>\n

Rob Bresnahan of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Nick LaLota of New York<\/p>\n

Mike Lawler of New York<\/p>\n

Michael McCaul of Texas<\/p>\n

Mike Carey of Ohio<\/p>\n

Jeff Hurd of Colorado<\/p>\n

David Joyce of Ohio<\/p>\n

Jen Kiggans of Virginia<\/p>\n

Max Miller of Ohio<\/p>\n

Greg Murphy of North Carolina<\/p>\n

Dan Newhouse of Washington<\/p>\n

Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Mike Turner of Ohio<\/p>\n

Joe Wilson of South Carolina<\/p>\n

Kudos to these 18 Republicans willing to challenge their leadership over aid to Ukraine, but a brickbat to the sole Democratic holdout, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, who apparently votes against any and all military aid packages out of a misplaced purity principle. <\/p>\n

There appear to be at least four other Democrats running against her in the August primary according to Ballotpedia Minnesota\u2019s 5th Congressional District election, 2026 \u2013 Ballotpedia<\/a>. Does anyone know if any of these candidates might mount a credible challenge to her reelection?<\/p>\n

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