Speaker Mike Johnson was confronted by conservatives on the House floor. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
It comes as Johnson faces blowback from members on the right of his conference over the plan, which is roughly the same cost as the Senate’s combined Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan funding package passed earlier this year.
"We don’t want to pass his bill. The only win we’ve got in the House of Representatives is blocking the Senate supplemental. If we’re going to throw in the towel on that, what are we doing here?" Gaetz asked.
A key difference in Johnson’s plan is having House members vote on each of the bills separately before sending them in a combined package to the Senate – in order to give lawmakers the opportunity to take a stand on each issue and separating the politically fraught matter of Ukraine.
But conservatives balked at the lack of U.S. border security provisions tied to the Ukraine bill. Indeed, a GOP lawmaker familiar with the confrontation on the House floor told Fox News Digital that they were pushing Johnson to consider options that include border policy rather than going forward with his planned Saturday foreign aid vote.
"I thought we were making some real headway, and then had a member walk up and just start name-calling and just getting in people’s faces," the GOP lawmaker said.
Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz said Van Orden is ‘not a particularly intelligent individual.’ (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
When asked about his confrontation with Van Orden later, Gaetz called it "very puzzling and concerning."
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"The only thing I gleaned from it is that Mr. Van Orden is not a particularly intelligent individual," Gaetz said.
He added that his confidence in Johnson was "diminishing" over his actions on foreign aid.
Currently, a vote on those bills is expected Saturday evening. Another border security bill that Johnson put forward to ease GOP concerns was blown up on Thursday night before it could get to the House floor by conservatives who accused Johnson of putting it up as a messaging bill with no real momentum.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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