House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Nov. 27 that U.S. funding for Israel and Ukraine is a “priority.”
The United States needs to support Israel after the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas, and Ukraine, which has been fighting an invasion by Russia since February 2022, Mr. Johnson told reporters at an event in Florida.
“Listen, Israel is a top priority for the United States, and supporting our ally there is critical. It’s one of the first things we did … It’s been sitting in the Senate and on [Majority Leader] Chuck Schumer’s [D-N.Y.] desk. And so we are encouraging him to get that done,” said the speaker. He cited the passage of the $14.3 billion Israel aid package, offset by cuts to the IRS—a nonstarter for Democrats.
Mr. Schumer has said the House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate.
“Speaker Johnson and House Republicans released a totally unserious and woefully inadequate package that omitted aid to Ukraine, omitted humanitarian assistance to Gaza, no funding for the Indo-Pacific, and made funding for Israel conditional on hard-right, never-going-to-pass proposals,” the New York Democrat said on Nov. 1. “What a joke.”
Mr. Johnson reiterated his support for…
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