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Democrats stepped up Friday to help House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) approve a procedural foreign aid rule that could ultimately end in the passage Saturday of a package of Ukraine and Israel aid, despite opposition from far-right members of Johnson’s party. The House approved the rule in a 316-94 vote after Johnson refused to add border security regulations demanded by a faction of his colleagues. The rule now opens up debate on $95 billion in four bills in military aide toUkraine, Israel and Taiwan, along with humanitarian assistance to Gaza and other international war zones, which could b…

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