House leadership canceled Friday’s votes, sending the chamber into recess early. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has said the House won’t vote on the Senate’s $95 billion package including aid to Ukraine, Israel, the Indo-Pacific and more. But some lawmakers are scheming alternatives to get aid through after they return on Feb. 28.

• One option: A discharge petition, which would require a majority of members to bypass Johnson and bring a bill to the floor for a vote. The Hill’s Mike Lillis and Mychael Schnell detail the challenges that tactic faces here.
  
  
• Another option: A fresh bill, reincorporating some border policy reforms that were stripped from the Senate package. Moderate Republicans Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.) and Don Bacon (Neb.) are kicking around a $60 billion proposal that excludes funds the Senate package contains for humanitarian efforts and calls for a smaller amount of aid to Ukraine. 

White House national security communications adviser John Kirby said Thursday that Russia’s pursuit of an anti-satellite capability is “troubling” but that there’s no immediate threat to safety. 

Kirby’s comments come a day after House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) publicized his request that the Biden administration declassify information concerning a national security threat. 

Related: In a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) requested an inquiry into Turner, accusing Turner of “poor judgment at a minimum and a complete breach of trust influenced by the pursuit of a political agenda at the maximum.”

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