Johnson is "much stronger than people seem to think," Cole says

Johnson is "much stronger than people seem to think," Cole says

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Six months to the day after President Biden requested the funding for Ukraine, it finally passed the House

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April 21, 2024

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Six months to the day after President Biden requested the funding for Ukraine, it finally passed the House. The $95 billion foreign aid package includes $61 billion for Ukraine and rebuilding U.S. weapons stockpiles, $26 billion in aid for Israel, which includes humanitarian aid for Palestinians, and $8 billion for parts of the Indo-Pacific region, which includes Taiwan.

As the foreign aid bills head to the Senate, "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan spoke to Sens. Mark Warner and Dan Sullivan. Plus, Brennan spoke to Rep. Tom Cole, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, about the effort to oust Johnson.

Rep. Tom Cole says "the reservoir of goodwill is enormous" for House Speaker amid effort to oust him

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Rep. Tom Cole, an Oklahoma Republican who leads the House Appropriations Committee, said Sunday that despite a growing threat to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, he's "much stronger than people seem to think," noting that "the reservoir of goodwill is enormous."

"I actually think he's, you know, empowered the center and marginalized the extremes on each side," Cole said on "Face the Nation" on Sunday. "Now, is there some risk for that? Sure. But the point is, he's gotten a lot done. I think people admire him. They genuinely like him."

Read more from Kaia Hubbard, and watch Margaret Brennan's full interview with Cole here.


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Kennedy's backers insist he's not pursuing his White House bid just to hand the election to another candidate. They say he's the real deal and has a shot at winning the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidential election.

Getting on the ballot in enough states to secure 270 votes -- just over half the 538 votes in the Electoral College -- is no small feat for a third-party contender. But it's possible.

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