Biden, Johnson Set for Crucial Ukraine Aid, Border Battle
- Sinema says senators are ‘closing in’ on border deal
- President, speaker face choices that may decide 2024 election
Mike Johnson, center left, and Texas Department of Public Safety chief Steve McCraw, center right, lead a group of Republican members of Congress during a tour of the Texas-Mexico border on Jan. 3.
Photographer: Eric Gay/AP Photo
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The battle between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Mike Johnson over Ukraine aid and immigration policy is coming to a head this week as Congress races to avert a Jan. 20 partial lapse in government funding.
Leaders in both parties, concerned about the political fallout from a shutdown, announced the contours of a spending plan Sunday that includes neither $61 billion in aid to Ukraine that Biden has sought nor stringent border protections that conservatives demand.