A bill providing $14.3 billion in aid and at the same time reducing the budget of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was filed on Monday (10/30) by Republicans her House of Representatives. The proposal in question is heralded as a fierce clash with the Democrats, who control the Senate.
In one of his first major policy moves since the election of Mike Johnson as speaker of the House, Republicans have introduced a bill providing extra funding only for Israel, defying President Joe Biden’s request to advance an emergency spending package for Ukraine , the IsraelTaiwan, as well as dealing with the immigration crisis on the US southern border.
Mr Johnson, who opposed further aid to Ukraine before he was elected speaker last week, has said he wants to separate funding to Kiev from that to Israel. He has demanded more accountability for the money allocated to the Ukrainian government to deal with Russia’s invasion.
“Israel is a separate issue,” Mr. Johnson said on the Fox News television network, as reported by the Athens News Agency, expressing his intention to “separate” the issues of funding Israel and Ukraine.
“House Republicans are setting a dangerous precedent by linking protecting our national security and responding to natural disasters with cuts in other spendingRosa DeLauro, the highest ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, said in a statement.
“The bill the Republicans filed is not even up for debate,” the White House says
White House spokeswoman Karin Jean-Pierre also accused the Republicans of “politicizing the national security” of the US in a statement she made public and added that the draft law they submitted is not even up for debate.
To become law, each text must be approved by the House, the Senate and then signed by President Biden, something that seems unlikely in this particular case.
The House Rules Committee is expected to consider the Republican bill tomorrow, Wednesday.
Source: News Beast
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