Biden Threatens to Veto Bill That Would Help Israel but Not Ukraine
By: Michael D. Shear (New York Times)
As expected, President Biden threatens to veto aid to Israel. Biden won't get the chance since Chuck Schumer will declare the bill dead on arrival. That's what Schumer did with the House bill addressing illegal immigration and the southern border.
Like it or not, House Republicans under the leadership of both Kevin McCarthy and Mike Johnson have been passing bills to address the important issues the nation is facing. Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden have deliberately created a crisis by ignoring the bills passed by the House.
Republicans really have been trying to govern. 'Do nothing' Democrats have lived up to their reputation. It's Democrats who have cynically created a crisis so they can just kick the can. And the unbiased liberal press is having a tizzy fit to distract from the Democrats' failure to govern.
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President Biden vowed on Monday to veto a House Republican bill that would provide $17.6 billion in aid to Israel, calling it a "cynical political maneuver" intended to hurt the chances of passage for broader legislation that would provide money for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan and the U.S. border.
House Republicans fiercely oppose the larger bill, which was unveiled by a small, bipartisan group of senators over the weekend. It calls for $118.3 billion in spending and would overhaul some of the nation's immigration laws to deal with recent surges of migrants at the southern border.
Speaker Mike Johnson said on Saturday that Republicans would instead offer the Israel-only funding bill instead.
In its official response on Monday, the Biden administration said the president would veto the House bill if it came to his desk.
"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 White House's Office of Management and Budget said in a statement.
Mr. Johnson called Mr. Biden's veto threat an "act of betrayal" toward Israel.
"Israel is at war, fighting for its very right to exist, while our brave men and women in uniform are in harm's way on his orders to deter Iran," Mr. Johnson said. "In threatening to veto aid to Israel and to our military forces, President Biden is abandoning our ally in its time of greatest need. I urge friends of Israel and opponents of Iran to call the president's bluff and pass this clean aid package."
If neither bill passes, Mr. Biden will be forced to find a new approach to supporting Israel's war against Hamas, the armed group in Gaza that launched a terrorist attack inside Israel on Oct. 7 that killed about 1,200 people.
Israel has traditionally been one of the largest recipients of foreign aid from the United States, and support for that aid has generally been supported by majorities in both parties.
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Hand the New York Times a Pulitzer prize. They're only doing their job.
Joe Biden's priorities have always been a tad screwed up.
Joe Biden's priority has always been Joe Biden.
Yep.
So is Ukraine. Biden is right to stand up to the Republicans tactics.
Israel is a far better ally than Ukraine ever was.
Is Biden afraid to get funding on Ukraine as a stand-alone bill?
Ukraine = lesser Russia
Well, at least ONE Biden has collected money from both countries!
I dont know if fear is the word , but with all the far right traitors in Congress it is smart for him to veto the Israel only bill.
Your imaginary far right traitors nonsense is noted and discounted as such.
Left wing nut jobs in congress far outnumber right wingers. That said, if you operate under any allusion that the far left is somehow more righteous than the far right, you are even more obtuse than I thought you were.
The United States government has a stated policy of assisting Ukraine.
The "traitor" part comes in when right wing politicians side with Putin.
Which, of course, has squat to do with getting a stand-alone bill for Ukraine funding.
Oh, God, time to let the whole Russia, Russia, Russia conspiracy thingy go, it's expiration date has passed.
Biden fears the Squad more than he fears Republicans. And we know who the Squad supports.
At what country's expense?
Once again, our elected officials are failing us.
No surprise that the antisemitic asshole won't sign an aid bill for Israel unless it has a bribe in the form of a bill for Ukraine.
So democrats ae going to vote against funding for Israel? why? and why would Biden veto it?