{"id":2085793,"date":"2023-10-31T18:38:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T22:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-pan-house-israel-funding-bill-stripping-irs-funding\/"},"modified":"2023-10-31T18:42:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T22:42:29","slug":"democrats-pan-house-israel-funding-bill-stripping-irs-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-pan-house-israel-funding-bill-stripping-irs-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats criticize House bill removing IRS funding for Israel."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fdemocrats-pan-house-israel-funding-bill-stripping-irs-funding%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=2085793&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>Democrats Criticize GOP House\u200b Bill \u2064Tying Funding for Israel to\u200d IRS Cuts<\/h2>\n<p>Democrats on Capitol Hill are voicing their concerns over a Republican House bill that links funding for Israel to\u200d cuts in Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funding. \u200cThe bill,\u200c released \u2063on Oct. 30, allocates the \u200brequested $14.3 billion for Israel \u200dbut \u2064offsets that amount \u200bwith equal cuts to the IRS. This move is strongly opposed by Democrats and is unlikely to\u2063 gain their support.<\/p>\n<p>The House is scheduled to vote on the bill \u2063on Nov. 2.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Related \u200dStories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/senate-passes-resolution-condemning-hamas-antisemitism-on-campuses-5517476?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">Senate \u200cPasses Resolution Condemning Hamas, Anti-Semitism on Campuses<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>10\/26\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/house-passes-resolution-supporting-israel-in-johnsons-first-act-as-speaker-5516632?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">House Passes Resolution Supporting\u2063 Israel in Johnson&#8217;s First Act as Speaker<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>10\/25\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The House \u200dGOP\u2019s bill is dead on arrival. We face a set\u2062 of urgent and interrelated national security priorities, and we cannot do half the job.\u200c We\u2019ve got to address all of them in a serious, bipartisan\u200d way\u2014in one\u2062 package,&#8221; posted Senate Appropriations Chairwoman and Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray\u2063 (D-Wash.) \u200con X, formerly\u200b Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our support for\u2062 Israel \u2063must always\u2063 come before politics. It is unconscionable\u2063 that the\u200b majority would try to\u200b seize on the trauma and urgency of this moment to push for partisan\u200b offsets.\u2064 The price\u200c for these \u2064political points will be\u200c paid \u2064in \u2063Jewish lives,&#8221; posted Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on X.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The\u200c bill\u200c allocates $4 billion for the Iron Dome missile\u200c defense and David\u2019s Sling air defense systems,\u2064 which can be used until Sept. 30, 2026. While there is no specific funding for the Arrow\u200d missile defense systems, \u2064it\u200c is likely that funds\u2063 from Air Force\u200d missile\u200b procurement could be\u200d used for this\u2062 crucial element\u2063 of Israel&#8217;s defense\u2062 systems.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s sickening that Republicans want to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-plans-trip-to-guatemala-after-dismissing-requests-to-visit-southern-border\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris plans trip to Guatemala after dismissing requests to visit southern border\">play political games<\/a>\u2064 with aid to \u2062Israel\u200b while Israelis and American hostages suffer \u2062at\u200c the hands of\u200c Hamas. How dare they politicize this crisis for cheap political points. Israel needs our help,&#8221;\u2064 posted Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) on X.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Steep\u200b learning curve \u200bfor \u200dthe new \u200dspeaker. Pro tip: don\u2019t offset your\u200d help to Israel by also helping Hamas. Cuts to IRS enforcement capabilities benefit tax cheats, criminals, and illicit funding networks like the ones supporting Hamas,&#8221; posted Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.) on X, \u200dtaking a shot at \u2063Rep. \u2064Mike Johnson (R-La.), who\u2064 was elected on Oct. \u200b25 to the position\u2062 second in\u2064 line \u2064to the president.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The legislation\u200c sets aside $801.4 million for Israel&#8217;s army ammunition, \u200c$10 million for naval weapons acquisitions, and $38.6 million \u200bfor \u2062air force missiles. These \u200dfunds can \u200bbe used \u2064until Sept. \u206330, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This moment obviously requires \u200cserious leadership. Instead, the new speaker chose\u2063 to play politics right\u200d out of the gate with this emergency funding bill,&#8221; posted Rep. Greg Landsman \u2064(D-Ohio) on X.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Reps. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fla.) accused the GOP of using the Israel funding issue\u2064 as a political wedge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>There is\u2063 $1.35 billion allocated for research,\u2064 development, testing, and evaluating Israel&#8217;s defense until Sept. 30, 2025. \u200bOf this\u2063 amount, $1.2 billion can be used\u200c for developing the Iron Beam defense system, designed\u2063 to \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-pan-house-israel-funding-bill-stripping-irs-funding\/\" title=\"Democrats criticize House bill removing IRS funding for Israel.\">intercept short-range rockets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;In his first move, @SpeakerJohnson shows \u200dus \u2062who he is \u200cand what his caucus stands for by endangering Israel and the world \u2062for MAGA political red meat. \u200dOrganizations committed to \u2064the \u200cdecades-long bipartisan support for Israel must stand firmly \u2064against such grotesque partisan games,&#8221; posted Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) on \u2064X.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Johnson&#8217;s first move \u2063as speaker was \u2062putting forth a resolution condemning Hamas and expressing support \u2063for Israel, which overwhelmingly passed on\u200d Oct. \u200d25\u2014just \u200bhours after being elected speaker.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>However, despite his criticism of eliminating IRS funding, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) stated that he will support the bill. He called\u2062 it a &#8220;political mailer as policy put forward \u2064by\u2063 unserious \u2063people&#8221; and emphasized that supporting Israel is not a\u2063 game.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why do Democrats argue that \u200bfunding for Israel should \u2064not be tied to cuts in \u2062IRS funding in the bill?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Porting terrorism. This bill is a dangerous game with life and death\u2064 consequences,&#8221; tweeted \u2062Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) \u200con X.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Democrats&#8217; criticism of the GOP House\u2063 bill can be attributed to the\u2063 linkage between funding for Israel and cuts to the IRS. Democrats argue that \u200bthese two\u2062 issues should be addressed separately and not used as\u200d bargaining chips in a political\u2064 game.\u2062 They believe that supporting Israel is \u200da crucial national security priority and \u200dshould not\u200c be tied \u2063to any partisan offsets.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>By tying funding for Israel to cuts in \u2063IRS funding, \u2063Democrats believe that the bill undermines both the fight against anti-Semitism and the ability of the IRS to \u200ceffectively collect taxes and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yellen-tells-irs-not-to-target-middle-income-americans-with-audits-as-crackdown-fears-swirl\/\" title=\"Yellen Tells IRS Not to Target Middle-Income Americans With Audits as Crackdown Fears Swirl\">enforce tax laws<\/a>. They argue that the IRS plays a vital role \u2064in maintaining the economic stability of the\u200b country and reducing its funding would only lead to detrimental consequences.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Furthermore, Democrats express concern over the timing of the bill. They believe\u200d that in the face of the recent\u2064 conflict between Israel and Hamas,\u2064 it is crucial\u200b to provide immediate and unconditional support to \u200cIsrael.\u2062 Linking this support \u2064to \u2064unrelated budget cuts\u200c is seen as exploiting a critical situation for political\u200c gain.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The bill&#8217;s allocation of $4 billion\u200d for the Iron\u200c Dome missile\u2062 defense and David&#8217;s\u2062 Sling air defense systems is seen as a positive \u2062step. However, \u200bthe absence \u2062of specific funding for \u200dthe Arrow missile defense system \u2062raises \u2062questions. Democrats argue that ensuring a \u200dcomprehensive defense for Israel should\u2063 be a \u200cpriority and funds should be allocated accordingly.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The criticism from Democrats highlights the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-weigh-abuse-of-power-charge-at-biden-impeachment-hearing\/\" title=\"GOP considers abuse of power charge in Biden impeachment hearing.\">ongoing partisan divide<\/a> in \u200dCongress and the \u200dchallenges of\u2063 achieving bipartisan support for crucial legislation. While support for \u2064Israel\u2063 has traditionally been a bipartisan issue,\u2064 the\u2062 linkage to IRS cuts\u200b in this bill has\u2064 created\u200d a significant\u200c hurdle. It remains to be seen whether the bill will be able to\u200b pass in the House and advance \u200dto the Senate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In the midst of these debates, the security and well-being \u2064of Israel should \u2063remain the\u200b top priority. \u200dIt \u200dis essential for lawmakers to \u200dput aside \u2062partisan differences and \u200bwork towards providing the necessary\u2062 support for Israel, without \u200dcompromising the effectiveness of\u200b the\u200d IRS\u200b or using it as\u200c a bargaining chip. Ultimately, the focus should be on strengthening the \u200bUS-Israel relationship \u2062and ensuring the\u200b safety and security of both nations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House bill released on Oct. 30 faces Democratic backlash as it links Israel funding to IRS budget cuts. Despite allocating $14.3 billion requested by Biden, the measure proposes equal cuts to IRS funding under the Inflation Reduction Act. 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