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'We have some consensus': Speaker Johnson, Sen. Schumer exit Biden meeting on Ukraine aid with optimism [1]
['Rebecca Picciotto']
Date: 2024-01-17
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., attend a Menorah lighting to celebrate the eight-day festival of Hanukkah, in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, December 12, 2023.
House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had a bipartisan glow about them Wednesday after they and other congressional leaders met with President Joe Biden, where they discussed Ukraine aid, border security, and elements of a deadlocked funding package.
"We had a productive meeting," Johnson, R-La., told reporters minutes after the White House sitdown ended.
"We understand that all these things are important, but we must insist, we must insist that the border be the top priority," the speaker said. "I think we have some consensus around that table."
Schumer, D-N.Y., said the meeting showed there was agreement between Democrats and Republicans that additional aid for Ukraine and improved U.S. border security are necessary.
"The only way we will do border and Ukraine, or even either of them, is bipartisan," Schumer said. "Any party that says do it my way or no way, we're not going to get anything done."
The meeting, which lasted over an hour, also was attended by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and various congressional committee chairmen and ranking members.
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