Posted on 10/31/2023 7:41:31 PM PDT by 11th_VA
President Biden would veto a package put forward by House Republicans to provide aid to Israel while cutting funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and leaving out funding for other national security priorities, the White House said Tuesday.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) picked apart the House GOP proposal in a lengthy statement of administration policy, arguing it “inserts partisanship into support for Israel” and fails to meet the moment by leaving out humanitarian assistance for the people of Gaza and aid for Ukraine and allies in the Indo-Pacific.
“This bill is bad for Israel, for the Middle East region, and for our own national security,” the OMB said.
The White House further asserted that the GOP proposal marks a break from bipartisan precedent by seeking funding cuts as part of an emergency national security package.
“Congress has consistently worked in a bipartisan manner to provide security assistance to Israel, and this bill threatens to unnecessarily undermine that longstanding approach,” the OMB said. “Bifurcating Israel security assistance from the other priorities in the national security supplemental will have global consequences.”
Tuesday’s statement from the OMB said the administration would continue to work with lawmakers in Congress to secure an agreement on the supplemental request put forward earlier this month by the White House...
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
coupling it with other unpopular foreign aid is politicizing it
presenting a bill with just Israeli aid is not politicizing it but letting it stand on its own merits
never to the party
only to candidates
Tell them to take it or forget it. If Israel doesn’t get any aid the it will be the fault of the WH and the RATs.
Stuff like “Redwins” is a no-no.
By the way, I am a partisan and the Israeli funding bill is bipartisan. Now a partisan bill would cut IRS funding by an amount four times that Israel will receive. If Republicans had any balls, they would have done that.
But good for United States of America, in reducing growth of very ugly high National debt.
That article didn’t even ask Speaker Mike Johnson if he would allow a vote on the house floor of the Senate proposal. I’m guessing The Hill is to afraid to ask.
Next go around same bill but cut funding to FBI and DOJ and cut senior levels, bureaucracy and field agents by 30%, 50% and 35%. And next time it will be worse
Is this supposed to be bad news?
So who is this “White House” azho anyway?
A veto? Great, Jobama and his DC cronies can’t loot that pool of money until he approves the aid package. He’ll cave and sign it just for the money.
Sounds like a good plan.
Fine with me too.
No Israel aid package no Ukraine package go ahead punk veto it you feel lucky.
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