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Editorial: A GOP speaker risks his neck to finally help a desperate Ukraine. He deserves Democratic support

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on April 17, 2024, in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Senate dismissed the articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas after voting on party lines that the charges did not meet the constitutional bar of high crimes or misdemeanors.

It’s to America’s shame that Ukrainian civilians are dying in Russian missile and drone attacks for lack of defensive weaponry due, at least in part, to the inability so far of the U.S. House of Representatives to approve military aid. Just Wednesday, three Russian missiles hit an eight-story apartment building in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, killing 17 people.

This week marks — finally — a reckoning. Beleaguered House Speaker Mike Johnson has struggled for months to come up with a legislative approach that would allow aid to Ukraine to pass the House with Democratic votes while also approving aid to

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