Congress's passage of Ukraine aid is how government should work

I’ve complained often in this column about the inability of American politicians to transcend their narrow partisan interests and work together to pass legislation in the public interest. So it’s worth noting when they do—and this weekend, they did, passing a package of aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Kudos to all four congressional leaders, and especially House Speaker Mike Johnson, who could lose his job as a result. This is how government should work. As Johnson himself noted: The job’s not worth having if you can’t do what you...