Marjorie Taylor Greene proposes forcing lawmakers who vote for Ukraine aid to join its military

Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Wednesday introduced an amendment to proposed Ukraine aid legislation that would require lawmakers who support the wider bill to personally enlist to fight for Kyiv.

"Any Member of Congress who votes in favor of this Act shall be required to conscript in the Ukrainian military," the amendment reads, according to Axios's Juliegrace Brufke. Under the plan, eligible lawmakers would apparently have their choice of service branch.

The measure is not expected to make it into the final bill and appears to be merely a protest against the foreign aid initiative.

Greene has been a vocal opponent of Ukraine aid and a critic of House Speaker Mike Johnson, who on Wednesday put forward the text of three separate bills to address aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. He further plans to bring border legislation and a sanctions package to the floor, though the text of those measures remain unreleased.

She has particularly fumed over Johnson's handling of critical legislative fights and filed a motion to vacate him from the speaker's post last month. Earlier this week, Kentucky GOP Rep. Thomas Massie signed on to the effort, due in part, to his own frustrations over the foreign aid plan.

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