Johnson facing possible discharge petition on Senate supplemental after passage

Senators who supported the defense supplemental spending bill say they are talking to their House counterparts about possibly using a discharge petition to skirt leadership and force a floor vote in that chamber.

Senate negotiators, backed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), have worked for months on the bill, which provides $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Republicans opposed to the legislation used procedural tools to slow down its passage, even forcing senators to delay the start of a two-week recess, but the bill eventually cleared the upper chamber early Tuesday morning.