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Let’s get you caught up with the news of the day.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Biden will host a lunch with Secretary of State Antony Blinken this afternoon at the White House.
The White House has been vocal this morning regarding the state of the play, or rather, the impasse on Capitol Hill.
“House Republicans are yet again putting politics ahead of national security – siding with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Tehran, against America’s defense industrial base, against NATO, against Ukraine, and against our interests in the Indo-Pacific,” stated Andrew Bates.
“It’s time for the Speaker to allow a vote.”
ON THE HILL
The $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, which the Senate passed yesterday, appears to be stalled. Speaker Johnson stated that he has no intention of bringing it to the House floor.
The critical issue now is how long the White House can maintain cohesion, and whether resistance in the House will excel ceasefire plans and peace negotiations in both Ukraine and Gaza.
The House vote to impeach Mayorkas on Tuesday evening makes him the first Cabinet secretary to face impeachment in nearly 150 years.
“Alejandro Mayorkas deserves to be impeached,” Speaker Johnson declared, citing a “constitutional obligation” for Congress to act. Johnson underscored the gravity of impeachment, likening it to a declaration of war, and stressed that the House had approached the matter with appropriate solemnity.
“The baseless impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas does nothing to fix the situation at our Southern border or our broken immigration system. This political stunt was ordered by Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump and pursued by extreme MAGA Republicans in the House despite not having a shred of evidence that an impeachable offense was committed,” stated Hakeem Jeffries.
GLOBAL AFFAIRS
Blinken is set to depart this evening for a two-stop diplomatic trip to Albania and Munich.
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Albin Kurti has once again prohibited a shipment of Serbian dinars at the Jarinje administrative crossing point in Kosovo, disrupting crucial financial transactions and raising serious concerns among Serbs who heavily depend on support from Serbia’s budget. Sources familiar with the incident today reported that Kosovo police threatened to arrest representatives of the National Bank of Serbia and the licensed British company ‘Henderson,‘ which is responsible for transporting money to Kosovo and Metohija following established legal protocols.
UK inflation rate remains unchanged from the last month at 4%.
And that’s a wrap for this Wednesday morning February 14, 2024. Good Morning DC will be back tomorrow to provide you with a front-row seat to the ever-evolving landscape of American politics under President Joe Biden.
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