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MNI POLITICAL RISK - Johnson Seeks Balance On Foreign Aid Bill

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  • The House of Representatives is braced for instability as it returns from recess with a raft of contentious legislation which could end in the ouster of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and a return to dysfunction in the chamber.
  • Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) has floated a new proposal to salvage the USD$78 billion Wyden-Smith tax bill – attaching it to RECA, his popular bill to renew a compensation program for radiation victims.
  • President Biden outlined a Plan B to relieve student loan debt which the White House believes is more likely to survive another round of legal challenges.
  • Former President Donald Trump made his first serious attempt to neuter his political vulnerability on abortion - walking away from an absolutist position which upended the 2022 Midterm Elections.
  • Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives in Washington DC this evening ahead of his Official Visit with President Biden on Wednesday and a ‘historic’ trilateral summit with Biden and Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos on Thursday. The visit comes as AUKUS defence ministers release a joint statement signalling that Japan will likely be invited to join "Pillar 2" of the AUKUS security pact.
  • Poll of the Day: President Biden leads former President Donald Trump in a hypothetical 2024 matchup, but the race becomes a dead-heat when third-party candidates are included on the ballot.
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