Posted on 02/06/2024 9:26:00 AM PST by Red Badger
U.S. President Joe Biden's administration said on Monday he would veto a standalone bill backed by House of Representatives Republicans that would provide aid to Israel, as the White House pushes for a broader measure providing assistance to Ukraine and Israel and providing new funds for border security.
"The Administration strongly encourages both chambers of the Congress to reject this political ploy and instead quickly send the bipartisan Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act to the President’s desk," the White House Office of Management and Budget said in a statement.
Officials from the Democratic president's administration have been working for months with Senate Democrats and Republicans on legislation, opens new tab unveiled on Sunday combining an overhaul of U.S. immigration policy and new funding for border security with billions of dollars in emergency aid for Ukraine, Israel and partners in the Indo-Pacific region.
The $118 billion spending measure also would provide humanitarian assistance to civilians affected by global conflicts.
"The Administration strongly opposes this ploy which does nothing to secure the border, does nothing to help the people of Ukraine defend themselves against Putin's aggression, fails to support the security of American synagogues, mosques, and vulnerable places of worship, and denies humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians, the majority of whom are women and children," the statement said.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Saturday that the House would reject the bipartisan Senate bill, and instead vote this week on a measure providing aid only to Israel.
"The president’s veto threat is an act of betrayal," Johnon said in a statement on Monday evening. "In threatening to veto aid to Israel and to our military forces, President Biden is abandoning our ally in its time of greatest need."
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Let Biden veto it.
What would you expect from SoS ... Son of Satan
A single-subject bill! Why, that’s political!
We must ALWAYS link disparate items together! That’s the Washington way!
Now who’s acting like a dictator Libs?
Joe, just go to your beach mansion, sit there as the POTATUS you are, and leave us alone. To be stupid, demented, and malicious all in one is too much.
Biden is saying no money for Israel unless he can keep his open borders running under the sham “border deal” bill in the Senate.
Make him veto - and use that on a $5 million ad buy closer to the general election.
Okeedokee.
ALL bills SHOULD be single issue.
I have a feeling that Schumer is going to tell him to sign it. After all...Israel is an ally....Ukraine and Taiwan are NOT.
He asked for the aid.
Let’s be clear, Democrats aren’t worried about the numbers of illegal aliens crossing our borders every day. They are worried about the optics of tens of thousands of aliens crashing our borders every day impacting the upcoming election. If they can get a border bill passed that would allow 5,000 aliens invading this country at the checkpoints every day, they would consider that a win.
I guess a budget is now a political ploy. What about stand alone legislation? Is that always a political ploy. I am so tired of this.
Agree, but let's first see what Schumer does with it, as in will he vote on it.
Agree...will it hurt him more with thr Jewish lobby than it will help him with the anti Israeli leftist? I guess that’s a calculation he’ll have to make.
YES! Get PINO Drooling Spoon on record with that Veto!
Our legislature has degenerated to a situation where omnibus continuing resolutions are the norm and fine-tuned single issue bills are “ploys”.
Biden is stepping right into it. They will turn this around and claim Biden is anti semit.
Matt Gaetz had an idea to take funding already spent from the UN budget and give it Israel.
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