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- "Senate Democrats on Tuesday prevented passage of a House-passed bill that would send aid to Israel and paid for by Internal Revenue Service cuts.
- Since President Joe Biden called for aid to Israel after terrorist attacks by Hamas on Oct. 7, Congress has been divided on whether the aid should be passed alone or joined with other policy priorities, such as aid to Ukraine and border security.
- 'Israel is being held hostage for Ukraine and anyone who’s been telling you the opposite isn’t telling you the truth,' said Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio at a press conference attended by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked an attempt by Republican Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas to pass a House bill that would send military aid to Israel funded by cuts to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
The Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024 would allocate $14.3 billion of funds to the Department of Defense to send military aid to Israel for its response to Hamas after terrorist attacks on Oct. 7, as well as to the Department of State to help evacuate U.S. citizens from the region. After the House passed the bill on Nov. 2 by a bipartisan vote of 226 yeas to 196 nays, Marshall attempted to have the Senate pass the bill immediately but was denied unanimous consent to do so by Senate Democrats, who have opposed the bill.
'I don’t hear anyone saying, from either side of the aisle, "Don’t fund Israel." So why don’t we fund Israel today?' Marshall asked, rhetorically, on the Senate floor as he moved that the bill be passed by unanimous consent, which would waive the normal rules to which the bill is subject, including a filibuster. 'Time is of the essence. The House has passed a standalone bill to fund Israel. The Senate should do the same.'[...]"