Speaker Mike Johnson Defends 'Pay For' Israel Aid Bill

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Speaker Mike Johnson Defends 'Pay For' Israel Aid Bill
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Senate Democrats are likely to reject the House's $14.5 billion Israel aid package because it repurposed funding from President Joe Biden's massive IRS expansion, but House Speaker Mike Johnson denounced Democrats ignoring 'pay fors.'

Senate Democrats are likely to reject the House's $14.5 billion Israel aid package because it repurposed funding from President Joe Biden's massive IRS expansion, but House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., denounced Democrats ignoring "pay fors."

The House's $14.5 billion Israel aid bill uses already appropriated Inflation Reduction Act funding for the IRS and redirects it to aid. Stripping $14.5 billion from the IRS coffers would cut U.S. tax revenues by an estimated $26 billion, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office review of the House GOP Israel aid bill.

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