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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\u201cThe House and Senate have put together, under the circumstances, a very good funding Bill (\u201cCR\u201d)! All Republicans should vote (Please!) YES next week. Great things are coming for America, and I am asking you all to give us a few months to get us through to September so we can continue to put the Country\u2019s \u2018financial house\u2019 in order. Democrats will do anything they can to shut down our Government, and we can\u2019t let that happen. We have to remain UNITED \u2014 NO DISSENT \u2014 Fight for another day when the timing is right. VERY IMPORTANT. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The increase of $8 billion from the previous year for defense spending keeps the United States on top of every other nation in military expenditures, far ahead of China, The Washington Times reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt also includes an additional $6 billion for veterans\u2019 health care, over $9 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the freeze on $20 billion in IRS funds,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPlus, the deal drops nondefense spending by $13 billion. At least 22 instances in the measure zeroed out funding for programs in assorted agencies, including the Health and Human Services, Energy and Labor departments,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, complained that the measure was a \u201cpower grab\u201d by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBy essentially closing the book on negotiations for full-year funding bills that help the middle class and protect our national security, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have handed their power to an unelected billionaire,\u201d she said, per the Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Johnson made headlines earlier this month when he suggested that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy may need to resign following a high-profile public clash with Trump and Vice President JD Vance during a meeting in Washington last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zelenskyy met with Trump, Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and others in the Oval Office where he engaged in a heated public exchange with them in front of reporters during discussions about a rare earth mineral rights deal and efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPresident Trump is trying to get these two parties to a point of peace,\u201d Johnson told NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press.\u201d \u201cWhat President Zelenskyy did in the White House was effectively signal to us that he\u2019s not ready for that yet, and I think that\u2019s a great disappointment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He went on to say that the Ukrainian leader \u201cneeds to come to his senses and return to the table with gratitude, or someone else needs to lead the country\u201d for the United States to continue collaborating with Kyiv on a peace deal. He added that the Trump administration \u201chas been very clear\u201d that if Ukraine and Zelenskyy are ready for a deal, it can be negotiated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During a subsequent interview on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union,\u201d Johnson also disagreed with comments made on March 1 by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), a long-time critic of Trump within the GOP, who stated that Trump is \u201cwalking away from our allies and embracing [Russian President Vladimir] Putin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Speaker countered by saying that Murkowski is \u201cplainly wrong\u201d and that \u201cthe person who walked away from the table yesterday was President Zelenskyy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Johnson\u2019s comments about Zelenskyy stepping down mirrored those made by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a leading Republican supporter of Ukraine throughout the three-year conflict, who stated on February 28 that Zelenskyy might need to step down, The Epoch Times noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe question for me is, \u2018Is he redeemable in the eyes of Americans?\u2019 Most Americans witnessing what they saw today would not want Zelenskyy to be their business partner, including me, and I\u2019ve been to Ukraine nine times since the war started,\u201d Graham told Fox News last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The senator added that Zelenskyy needs to apologize to Trump. \u201cIf he can\u2019t say that, then Ukraine\u2014you need to either send us somebody new we can deal with or just accept the consequences,\u201d Graham said.<\/p>\n