Johnson rejects borderless Ukraine bill ahead of Senate passage: The House will ‘work its own will’

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) reproached the Senate on Monday for ignoring border security as it prepares to pass a $95 billion defense bill that would fund the war in Ukraine.

Johnson has voiced support for Ukraine since assuming the speakership in October but made clear the assistance would die in the Republican-led House without dramatic changes in policy at the southern border. The Senate negotiated a compromise with the White House to appease Johnson but abandoned the measure last week after Republicans rejected it as insufficiently conservative.