{"id":1998230,"date":"2023-08-11T18:17:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T22:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-will-not-rubber-stamp-biden-request-for-24-billion-more-for-ukraine-mccarthy\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T18:20:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T22:20:26","slug":"house-will-not-rubber-stamp-biden-request-for-24-billion-more-for-ukraine-mccarthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-will-not-rubber-stamp-biden-request-for-24-billion-more-for-ukraine-mccarthy\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy: House won&#8217;t blindly approve Biden&#8217;s $24B Ukraine request."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-will-not-rubber-stamp-biden-request-for-24-billion-more-for-ukraine-mccarthy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1998230&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s $40 million supplemental \u2063funding\u2064 request faces two hurdles in Congress\u2014the whopping price tag for additional federal spending items and\u200c the inclusion\u200c of an extra $24\u200c billion in aid to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Some Republicans in both houses have\u200b said the request will be challenged on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p>The request \u200cwas \u200bmade \u2064via a letter from \u200dShalanda Young, director \u2062of the Office of Management and Budget, to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and \u2062other \u200ccongressional leaders on Aug. 10.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border border-[#D3D3D3] px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/white-house-asks-congress-for-40-billion-in-more-funding-for-ukraine-other-needs-5457502\">White House\u200c Asks Congress for $40 Billion in More Funding for Ukraine, Other Needs<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">8\/10\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/white-house-asks-congress-for-40-billion-in-more-funding-for-ukraine-other-needs-5457502\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china\/us-and-china-officials-meet-briefly-in-saudi-arabia-amidst-ukraine-conflict-resolution-talks-that-excluded-russia-5450223\">US and China Officials\u2063 Meet \u200dBriefly in Saudi Arabia Amidst Ukraine Conflict Resolution Talks\u200b That Excluded Russia<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">8\/8\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china\/us-and-china-officials-meet-briefly-in-saudi-arabia-amidst-ukraine-conflict-resolution-talks-that-excluded-russia-5450223\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A spokesman for Mr. McCarthy told The Epoch Times the bill would not gain \u200dautomatic approval\u200c in the House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Republican-led House will not\u2062 rubber-stamp any blank-check funding requests; rather, the Administration\u2019s emergency funding requests must be reviewed and scrutinized on their merits\u200d consistent with the practice\u2064 and principles of our majority,\u201d the \u200bspokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>That \u200bRepublican majority fought to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-stagflation-on-the-horizon\/\" title=\"Is Stagflation on the Horizon?\">reduce federal spending<\/a> \u2063in 2024 and impose a 1 percent cap on \u200bspending\u2062 growth for 10 years in a compromise negotiated in June by Mr.\u200c McCarthy and President Biden. Even that apparent victory did not \u2062satisfy the most conservative House Republicans, who fought the McCarthy-Biden agreement believing that it did not\u2062 do enough to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/early-election-count-sees-finlands-right-wing-ncp-narrowly-leading-pm-marin\/\" title=\"Early Election Count Sees Finland\u2019s Right-wing NCP Narrowly Leading PM Marin\">reduce deficit spending<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The request includes \u2062$13.1 billion \u2062in military aid for Ukraine and $8.5 \u2062billion \u200bin economic and humanitarian\u200c relief. Aid for Ukraine has increasingly been questioned by some in \u2062Congress\u200b as that country\u2019s war to repel the Russian invasion\u2062 nears the end of a second summer with no U.S. exit strategy in place.<\/p>\n<p>The president \u200dalso requested $12 billion to replenish the \u200dfederal Disaster\u2062 Relief Fund, $3.3 billion to counter \u2063China\u2019s\u200d influence in developing countries, $4 million for border security, services for illegal immigrants, and to combat the flow of fentanyl into\u200b the country.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:640px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) speaks during a television\u2064 interview in the Senate Russell Office\u2063 Building in Washington on Oct. 20, 2020. (Stefani\u2064 Reynolds\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Lawmakers React<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) led the charge of criticism, accusing President Biden of political manipulation by combining the \u2062request for additional aid to \u200dUkraine with approval of domestic disaster relief funds. Florida lawmakers on both sides of the aisle had already \u2063requested adding $11.5 billion to the DRF.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden owes Americans an \u200bexplanation of his strategy, something he\u2019s\u2062 refused to do \u2064since Putin\u2062 invaded Ukraine. We\u2019ve \u200dseen incredible bravery by the Ukrainians over\u2063 the last 18 months, but \u2063we\u2019ve also seen U.S. stockpiles \u2064dwindle, European countries slow-walk critical\u200d supplies, \u200cand China grow more aggressive towards \u200bthe U.S. \u2062and\u2062 our national interests. We cannot give a blank check to continue the status quo,\u201d Mr. Rubio said in a statement\u200d released on Aug.\u200c 10.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.)\u200b has been a critic of the administration\u2019s focus on Ukraine and the seeming lack of attention \u2062to inflation\u2062 and other matters directly affecting Americans. \u200bIn\u200c response\u2063 to President Biden\u2019s funding request, a Braun staffer pointed to the senator&#8217;s July 14 op-ed published in The Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Braun wrote that the real question to ask is, \u201cWhat is the endgame here? Our $100 billion contribution has already eclipsed Russia\u2019s entire military budget. When that number hits $200 \u200bbillion, $300 billion, or \u2064a trillion \u2064dollars, will we just \u2063keep paying?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A number of House Republicans were also skeptical of sending more aid to \u200cUkraine without an end in sight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Americans are struggling to pay for basic necessities, and our national credit rating \u200cjust got downgraded\u2062 for\u2063 the second time in\u2064 U.S. history. Yet\u2064 this president\u2063 wants to send $24 billion of our taxpayers\u2019 \u2064money to \u2062Ukraine, a country we\u2019ve already\u200c granted over $113 billion in unchecked assistance?\u200b I don\u2019t think so,&#8221;\u200c Rep. Tim\u2062 Burchett\u200c (R-Tenn.) \u2064told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), who led opposition to\u2063 the spending compromise negotiated with President Biden, was even more direct. \u201cNo.\u200b This\u200c should \u2063be a non-starter for the @HouseGOP. It\u2019s time to stand\u2064 up for Americans and against the uniparty. #NoSecurityNoFunding,\u201d \u200che wrote in an Aug. 10 post on \u2064X, formerly known\u200c as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven\u2062 other House Republicans, led by Rep. \u2064Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), wrote \u2062to President Biden on Aug. 11, stating their opposition to \u2064the additional spending and demanding that he clarify his intention \u200dfor the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:640px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Rep.\u2064 Warren \u200cDavidson (R-Ohio). (Courtesy of Congressman Warren \u2063Davidson&#8217;s Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Americans are tired of funding endless wars and want policies that not\u200d only help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/now-is-no-time-for-bipartisanship-what-the-gop-can-do-in-a-divided-government\/\" title=\"Now Is No Time for Bipartisanship: What the GOP Can Do in a Divided Government\">restore fiscal sanity<\/a> in \u2063Washington but \u2064also put America and American citizens first,&#8221; the group \u200bwrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore Congress can responsibly finance the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/30-dead-dozens-wounded-in-suspected-houthi-attack-in-yemen\/\" title=\"30+ dead, dozens wounded in suspected Houthi attack in Yemen\">ongoing proxy war<\/a> i<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s $40 million supplemental funding request encounters obstacles in Congress due to its high cost and the inclusion of $24 billion in aid to Ukraine. Certain Republicans in both houses express intentions to challenge the request on Capitol Hill. Shalanda conveyed the request through a letter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1793,"featured_media":1998231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1793"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1998231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}