Johnson’s reliance on Democrats to get these bills* over the line can’t be overstated for its weirdness.
The Rules Committee (9-4 Repubes) had to approve a special rule (makes sense) to make even debate on the bills possible. The Taliban had 3 of the GOP votes. For the special rule to pass, Dems votes on the committee were needed, "which...almost never happens." "[T]he majority is expected to provide all the votes in favor while the minority always votes against..."
All four bills are expected to pass.
*The four, which will be voted on separately, are: Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and a GOP thing called the “21st Century Peace through Strength Act.” That bill "includes using seized Russian assets in the U.S. financial system to aid Ukraine, new sanctions against Iran and Hamas, and a newly drafted TikTok ban giving its Chinese-owned parent company up to a year to sell the app to an American company."
