The House is pushing ahead toward passage of $14.5 billion in military aid for Israel, but without humanitarian assistance for Gaza
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, joined by, from left, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., talks with reporters ahead of the debate and vote on supplemental aid to Israel, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. WASHINGTON — — The House is pushing ahead Thursday toward passage of $14.5 billion in military aid for Israel, a muscular U.S. response to the.
The first substantial legislative effort in Congress to support Israel in the war falls far short of Biden's request forthat would also back Ukraine as it fights Russia, along with U.S. efforts to counter China and address security at the border with Mexico. While the amount for Israel in the House bill is similar to what Biden sought, the White House said the Republican plan's failure to include humanitarian assistance for Gaza is a “grave mistake” as the crisis deepens.
To pay for the bill, House Republicans have attached provisions that would cut billions from the IRS that Democrats approved last year and Biden signed into law as a way to go after tax cheats. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says doing that would ends up costing the federal government a net $12 billion because of lost revenue from tax collections.
“Republicans are leveraging the excruciating pain of an international crisis to help rich people who cheat on their taxes and big corporations who regularly doge their taxes,” said Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee.In the Democratic-controlled Senate, Schumer made clear that the House bill would be rejected.
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