President Joe Biden, in late October, sent Congress a $106 billion funding request, including aid for Israel and $61 billion for Ukraine.
The Senate passed a bipartisan bill giving Democrats everything they want, funding Ukraine and Israel in one package.
Earlier this week, Johnson announced a Republican bill to provide $14.3 billion in aid to Israel and matching cuts to the Internal Revenue Service to offset the expense. The plan puts him in conflict with the Biden White House and Senate leadership in both parties.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, members of the Uniparty, have both backed the effort to keep them together, even as national support for funding Kyiv has slipped significantly.
Senate Republicans want to spend as much as Democrats as the country heads for a debt doom loop.
Speaker Mike Johnson doubled down on the Israel-only aid package and urged the Senate GOP to get on board.
Johnson met with Senate Republicans on Wednesday, during which he informed them that he planned to hold a House vote on the Israel bill on Friday, The Hill reported. He further reiterated his support for aiding Ukraine but insisted that any aid to Kyiv must be paired with funding to bolster border security.
Johnson said he wants to fund Ukraine, but his majority won’t pass the bill if Ukraine and Israel are tied together.
He hopes to pass a stopgap bill to prevent a government shutdown.
House Republicans should REJECT the Senate uniparty’s attempt to force through an omnibus supplemental spending bill that includes more unchecked Ukraine funding tied to support for Israel
“That is insane. We must oppose it …I’m encouraging the speaker to oppose it”
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— Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) October 26, 2023
Anyone should be able to see that Biden and the corrupt senate are using the disaster in Israel to fund their NWO operation in Ukraine, and their invasion of the USA at the southern border. To not see this is to be blind. The corruption of these people has no bounds. They want to use the public uproar over the… Read more »
The Constitution says the house initiates spending. Our corrupt senate is anxious to fund its interests, which are not American interests. Supporting Johnson’s bill over the Biden/Mitch bill is an easy decision. This is where we can see the line between patriots (people who pursue US interests), and the corrupt anti-American leftists/RINOs. If one is obsessed with giving Israel a… Read more »
Liz Chey is gone and Romney will be. The other traitors in the Senate must go, too.