And all the while, Congress is no closer to actually providing aid to Israel. But Republicans managed to establish a new precedent for aid.
had the opportunity to kick off his unlikely reign atop the House GOP by uniting Republicans and putting Democrats in a tough spot on aid to Israel.
For starters, the IRS cuts in the bill—which Johnson is branding as “offsets” to the cost of weapons assistance—would actually increase the U.S. debt, according to theover the next decade, while the head of the IRS was even more pessimistic, predicting that the “pay for” would. They spent much of Thursday attacking Republicans for trying to “pay for” Israel aid while actually increasing the debt.
Republicans largely accomplished that goal, even if the bill isn’t going anywhere and a couple of GOP members voted against the Israel legislation. The Republican sentiment that the U.S. should not back Israel was once unthinkable in the Republican party; supporting Israel has long been a key GOP belief.Donald Trump
Now, the Senate will have little incentive to act on the House bill—and there will be plenty of pressure on the House to take the Senate’s legislation, which will likely include Ukraine funding and won’t be offset.Ukraine were praising Johnson’s gambit. Rep. Don Bacon lauded the legislation as “fiscally responsible.”
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