Republicans in Congress discuss alternative routes for Israel and Ukraine aid, as the House's $14.3B Israel-only proposal faces Senate challenges.
Talks among Republicans in Congress are already underway for another route to split up aid for Israel and Ukraine aid, as the House's $14.3 billion Israel-only aid proposal is likely to be dead-on-arrival in the Senate, sources told Fox News Digital Wednesday afternoon.
, criticized the House's bill on the Senate floor Tuesday. Schumer called the package 'woefully inadequate' and denounced its offset provisions as 'poison pills that increase the deficit and help wealthy tax cheats avoid paying their fair share.' The House's bill could put Democrats in a tough spot between the political fallout of rejecting Israel aid and the bill’s removal of funds from Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.
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