{"id":2167746,"date":"2024-02-04T23:18:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T04:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-freedom-caucus-extremely-disappointed-with-speaker-johnsons-stand-alone-israel-aid-bill\/"},"modified":"2024-02-04T23:23:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T04:23:32","slug":"house-freedom-caucus-extremely-disappointed-with-speaker-johnsons-stand-alone-israel-aid-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-freedom-caucus-extremely-disappointed-with-speaker-johnsons-stand-alone-israel-aid-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"House Freedom Caucus expresses deep disappointment with Speaker Johnson&#8217;s decision to introduce a separate bill for Israel aid"},"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\">36<\/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-freedom-caucus-extremely-disappointed-with-speaker-johnsons-stand-alone-israel-aid-bill%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=2167746&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--><h2>The House Freedom Caucus Criticizes\u2064 Stand-Alone Israel Aid Bill<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The House Freedom Caucus issued\u2064 a stern reprimand\u2063 over House\u200b Speaker Mike Johnson\u2019s (R-LA) stand-alone Israel aid bill,\u2063 releasing a letter on Sunday \u2062titled, \u201cSupport Israel Without Bankrupting America.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The conservative bloc compared the weekend bill\u2064 with the \u201cfully paid-for\u201d November bill Johnson passed in support of Israel, his \u201cmost principled action taken to date.\u201d But now, according to the House Freedom Caucus,\u200b the\u200d U.S. will be forced to borrow money to help its ally, adding to the U.S.\u2019s national \u200bdeficit.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt is extremely disappointing that the Speaker is now surrendering to perceived pressure\u2064 to\u2063 move an even larger but now unpaid\u2063 for Israel package \u2014 reversing course on his stance to require new supplemental spending to be\u200b offset,\u201d the group wrote in its letter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Johnson announced the bill on Saturday, with a vote likely to come in the \u200dnext few days.\u2063 The bill\u200d is meant to counteract the Senate\u2019s bipartisan Ukraine-border package, released Sunday \u200devening, which \u2063House Republicans have criticized, preferring instead to vote on sending resources to the U.S.-Mexico border, Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan separately.<\/p>\n<p>However, Johnson\u2019s Israel\u200d legislation does not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-to-vote-on-debt-ceiling-spending-cut-bill\/\" title=\"House to Vote on Debt Ceiling, Spending Cut Bill\">include spending cuts<\/a>, much to the ire \u2064of the House Freedom\u2064 Caucus, which frequently emphasizes the need to cut down \u2063on spending.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 America should not, and\u200b does not have to, borrow to support Israel,\u201d the caucus said, adding that \u201cit is particularly troubling\u201d that \u201cwe are simultaneously taxing and borrowing to finance Hamas, as well as funding all of Joe\u2062 Biden\u2019s policies endangering\u200c the American people such as his unprecedented border \u2062crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The group suggested that the money for Israel could come from cutting funding for the United Nations, repealing the expansion of the IRS, removing the Department of Commerce\u2019s \u200d\u201cslush fund,\u201d and getting rid of\u2064 \u201cleftist climate change tax credits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In announcing the omission of any spending cuts in the stand-alone bill, Johnson condemned Democrats for\u2063 \u201crefus[ing] to consider \u200dthat offset to support Israel \u200b(even though they agreed to additional cuts to the IRS to pay for their domestic priorities in the final appropriations topline).\u201d He also said\u200c the Senate bill would be \u201cdead on arrival.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Johnson\u200b won all the votes of Republicans when he was elected to\u200b the speaker\u2019s chair last October, he has found problems similar to those of his predecessor, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. In working across\u200b the\u200b aisle on several occasions, \u2062Johnson has received the frustration of\u2062 several hard-line Republicans, such as\u2063 those within the House Freedom Caucus who want to see changes in\u2063 the government\u2019s spending.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cConservatives should \u200cnot be forced to choose \u2063between \u200dborrowing money\u2064 to support our special friend Israel or \u2062honoring our commitment to end unpaid supplemental spending \u200bthat exacerbate our nation\u2019s\u2062 unsustainable fiscal crisis and further\u2064 risks our ability to respond to future crises,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freedom-caucus-to-pelosi-we-will-oppose-funding-federal-government-while-unconstitutional-vaccine-mandates-continue\/\" title=\"Freedom Caucus to Pelosi: We Will Oppose Funding Federal Government While \u2018Unconstitutional\u2019 Vaccine Mandates Continue\">caucus concluded<\/a> in its letter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why did the House Freedom Caucus criticize \u200dSpeaker \u2063Johnson&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-proposes-israel-aid-offset-by-irs-budget-cuts\/\" title=\"House Republicans suggest cutting the IRS budget to offset aid to Israel.\">proposed aid package<\/a> for Israel?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ine, and Israel separately.\u2063<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 House Freedom\u200c Caucus argued that \u2063funding for Israel should not come at the expense of the United States&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-tale-of-two-depressions-the-forgotten-and-the-great\/\" title=\"A Tale of Two Depressions: The Forgotten and The Great\">fiscal responsibility<\/a>. They emphasized the need for\u200d fiscal discipline and\u200c criticized Speaker Johnson for caving in to perceived pressure. <\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 conservatives praised Johnson&#8217;s previous support \u200cfor Israel through a fully paid-for \u200cbill in November, which they considered \u2064a principled action. However, they expressed \u2062disappointment in his change of stance to now propose an even larger aid package\u2063 without proper funding. The group pointed\u2063 out that this would require the U.S. government to borrow money, contributing to the already mounting national deficit.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker Johnson&#8217;s stand-alone bill aims to provide aid to Israel separately from the Senate&#8217;s bipartisan Ukraine-border package. House \u2064Republicans\u2063 have been vocal in their opposition to the latter, advocating instead\u200c for separate votes on resources for different regions.<\/p>\n<p>The House Freedom Caucus&#8217;s letter serves as a \u2064reminder\u200b of the importance of fiscal responsibility in determining aid packages. While \u200bsupport for allies like Israel is crucial,\u200c it\u2062 should \u2064not come at \u200dthe expense of the country&#8217;s financial stability. The group calls for strategic planning and offsetting expenditures to ensure a responsible use of taxpayer \u200bmoney.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming \u2062vote\u200d on the stand-alone Israel aid bill is expected\u200c to test the unity and priorities \u200cof Congress. It remains to be seen how the proposed funding will be received \u200cand what approach will be taken in addressing the concerns raised \u2064by the House \u2064Freedom Caucus.<\/p>\n<p>As the United States navigates its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-biden-officials-admit-palestinian-aid-money-likely-to-benefit-hamas-free-beacon-reports\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Biden Officials Acknowledge Palestinian Aid Funds May Support Hamas, Free Beacon Reveals.\">foreign aid policies<\/a>, weighing the importance of supporting allies against the need to address domestic \u2064challenges, this debate over the \u2064Israel aid\u200c bill highlights the complexities of managing \u200bnational resources and the delicate \u2062balance of priorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Freedom Caucus criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s stand-alone Israel aid bill, calling it &#8220;Support Israel Without Bankrupting America.&#8221; They compared it to Johnson&#8217;s November bill, which they deemed as his &#8220;most principled action taken to date&#8221; since it was fully funded. 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