"In 2018, a group of Russians were able to donate to Mike Johnson's bid for the Louisiana seat he eventually won as the money was funneled through the Texas-based American Ethane company." Now Speaker, Mike Johnson is blocking US aid to help Ukraine defend itself from Russia's invasion.
https://www.newsweek.com/who-konstantin-nikolaev-money-mike-johnson-1870600
@JeanPDeliet any conflict of interest rules in the US Congress? Must be the same as the #SCOTUS rules? Non-existent?
@SaanichGuy honestly, the way the House rules are set up, they try not to allow there to be such conflict of interest issues in the first place.
Critically, in this context, the Speaker doesn't have the power to block legislation that the rest of the chamber wants to pass. If the Speaker tried that, the rest would just go around him or would vote him out and pick a new one.
The legislation isn't proceeding because there is a substantial proportion of the representatives that we elected who aren't convinced it would be well-spent, for better or worse.
There's little Johnson can do about that.
