Posted on 11/04/2023 1:39:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin
All but 12 House Democrats voted against Johnson’s $14.3 billion aid proposal Thursday night, with most citing the Speaker’s decision to include cuts in equal amounts to IRS funding.
The legislation is also opposed by leaders of both parties in the Senate, who want a broader package including aid to Ukraine, leaving the fate of the Israel funds in question amid escalating hostilities in Gaza almost a month after Hamas’s terrorist attacks killed more than 1,400 people.
Heading into the weekend, Johnson’s Democratic critics remained furious with the decision to combine the aid to Israel — an issue that has historically enjoyed wide bipartisan support — with a highly partisan cut to one of President Biden’s pet programs.
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Rep. Erin Houchin (R-Ind.) said Friday when asked about the Democratic criticisms. “We are in a critical fiscal calamity right now with our spending. It is a matter of national security for the United States that our fiscal house is in such poor shape, you know, we must offset spending and that’s the mechanism we chose to use.”
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“Upset and raging” Is pretty much their standard, every day behavior.
...if it gets vetoed, neither gets their funding and the American people get a win.
Good!
I'm surprised that The Hill is using such a loaded phase against Democrats. They must know that "rage" is being associated with Hamas and anti-Israeli protesters right now.
-PJ
Read Johnsons speech...impeachment is being worked on...not a fake one hat was thrown at Trump.
All the lose ends tied and all the t’s crossed.
Expect a watertight document of impeachment above Mike Johnson’s signature.
ASAP Please
It’s time
Biden and others.
Impeach Garland too
Now
A TwoFer.
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