The Senate is expected to advance the bill as early as April 23, whereupon U.S. President Joe Biden will sign it into law.Democratic and Republican lawmakers, along with Biden, have been urging Johnson for months to bring the bill to the House for a vote while hard-line Republican lawmakers close to Trump opposed further assistance for Kyiv, reportedly pressuring House Speaker not to call a vote.While meeting with Johnson in Florida on April 12, Trump said that aid to Kyiv could be provided in the form of a loan.Johnson's decision to hold a vote sparked backlash from the right flank of the Republican Party, with lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene threatening to trigger a motion to remove Johnson from his position.Trump offered a defense of Johnson, saying in a radio interview on April 22 that Republicans have in the House now an actual majority of one vote, which "is not like he (Johnson) can go and do whatever he wants to do.