{"id":2169829,"date":"2024-02-06T21:32:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T02:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-house-rejects-17-6b-stand-alone-aid-proposal-for-israel\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T21:35:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T02:35:35","slug":"u-s-house-rejects-17-6b-stand-alone-aid-proposal-for-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-house-rejects-17-6b-stand-alone-aid-proposal-for-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. House denies $17.6B aid proposal for Israel"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fu-s-house-rejects-17-6b-stand-alone-aid-proposal-for-israel%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=2169829&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Speaker of\u2062 the House Mike\u200b Johnson (R-LA) delivers remarks at\u2062 the \u200cbase of the steps of the\u200b House of the Representatives for \u200ba \u200ccandlelight vigil on \u2063January\u200d 17, \u200b2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>6:25 PM \u2013 Tuesday, February \u20626, 2024<\/h2>\n<p>The United States House \u2062failed to pass stand-alone emergency aid \u2062to Israel \u200cworth $17.6 billion amid cross-party \u200dcriticism and resistance from the White House.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the House\u200c rejected a stand-alone bill \u200bproviding \u200b$17.6 billion in aid to \u2063Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dbill, which was voted down \u2062250\u2013180, aimed to support Israel in its fight against\u200b Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker\u200c of the House Mike \u200bJohnson (R-La.) was tasked with \u2064introducing the \u200dbill, but it\u200b required a two-thirds majority to pass due to \u2063opposition from the House Freedom Caucus.\u2063 Although \u2062the majority of votes were in favor,\u200d Johnson couldn&#8217;t secure\u2063 enough Democrat support.<\/p>\n<p>In December, Republicans\u200d rejected a bipartisan agreement on border security and foreign aid negotiated in\u2064 the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate \u2064legislation \u200dincluded funding and policy changes for immigration, border security, Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Many Democrats\u2064 were unhappy with\u2063 the rejection \u200bof\u200d the agreement,\u2062 and \u200cthe White House criticized it as a\u200d &#8220;cynical political maneuver.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s\u2063 just \u200ba political stunt\u2063 by\u200b the Republicans\u2064 and \u200cthe speaker,&#8221; said \u2064Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), a \u2064ranking member\u200d of \u200dthe Appropriations Committee. \u2063&#8221;This political stuff does not include any humanitarian assistance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Prior to the vote, House \u2064Democrat leaders presented arguments \u200dagainst supporting the stand-alone Israel aid package during a \u200bclosed caucus \u200bmeeting. Many Democrats \u2062announced\u2062 their \u200cintention to vote \u2063against the bill after \u2063the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Representative \u200dBennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the leading Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, referred to\u2062 the aid bill \u2064as &#8220;a\u2062 trap.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>President\u2062 Joe\u200b Biden threatened to veto the bill if it had passed, as \u2064he\u200b wanted to include \u200dit in \u200ca larger \u2064national \u200csecurity package.<\/p>\n<p>Congress has yet to come\u200c up with legislation to\u2063 approve \u200bcrucial funding for \u200bthe foreign \u200dally.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking \u200bnews\u2063 blasts directly to your\u200c inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The U.S.\u200c Military continues to send a message to the Iranian-backed proxies in the Middle East. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Federal D.C. 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On Tuesday, the\u2063 bill was rejected with \u2063a vote of 250-180.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of \u200dthe bill was to provide support to Israel in\u200d its fight against Hamas. Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson (R-La.), was responsible for introducing the bill. However, it required a two-thirds majority to pass, \u2064which proved\u200b difficult due to opposition from the House Freedom Caucus. While the majority of votes were in favor, Johnson couldn&#8217;t secure enough support from Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>This\u2064 rejection follows a previous \u2062incident in December, where Republicans \u2062rejected a bipartisan agreement on border \u200csecurity and foreign aid negotiated in the\u2063 Senate. The Senate legislation included funding and policy changes\u200c for immigration, border\u200c security, Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The rejection of the agreement \u200cby Republicans caused dissatisfaction among Democrats, with the White House criticizing it as a \u200b&#8221;cynical political maneuver.&#8221; Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), a ranking member\u200d of the Appropriations Committee, called it a &#8220;political stunt&#8221; by the Republicans\u2063 and the speaker. She \u2064emphasized\u200d that \u200dthe\u200c rejection did not include any \u2064humanitarian assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the vote, House Democrat leaders \u200cpresented arguments against supporting the stand-alone \u2064Israel aid package during a closed caucus meeting.\u2064 Many Democrats announced their intention to vote \u2064against the bill after the meeting. Representative Bennie \u2062Thompson (D-Miss.), the leading Democrat on the House \u2064Homeland Security Committee, \u200creferred to the aid bill as &#8220;a trap.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden had also threatened to veto the bill if it had passed, as he intended to include it in\u200d a larger\u2062 national security. The decision to\u2063 reject the stand-alone aid package has faced criticism and raised questions about the future\u2063 of foreign aid and the relationship between the White House and Congress. It remains to\u2063 be seen how this decision will impact US-Israel relations and the ongoing conflicts in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 17, 2024, Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House (R-LA), spoke at a candlelight vigil in Washington, DC. The United States House later failed to pass a stand-alone bill. 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