{"id":2220679,"date":"2024-04-14T12:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T16:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-set-sights-on-ukraine-and-israel-aid-following-iran-missile-attack\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T12:44:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T16:44:18","slug":"house-republicans-set-sights-on-ukraine-and-israel-aid-following-iran-missile-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-set-sights-on-ukraine-and-israel-aid-following-iran-missile-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans target Ukraine and Israel aid post Iran missile strike"},"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\">22<\/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-republicans-set-sights-on-ukraine-and-israel-aid-following-iran-missile-attack%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=2220679&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>House GOP leaders are reviewing\u2063 aids\u200b for Ukraine and Israel after Iran&#8217;s missile attack on \u200dIsrael. House Intelligence Committee\u2063 Chairman Mike Turner anticipates a vote this week to provide Ukraine with necessary \u200cweapons. Aid discussions were previously stalled due to differences in the Senate package. Calls for aid have intensified as \u200dUkraine&#8217;s equipment supply dwindles. House GOP \u200bleaders are currently assessing aid for Ukraine and Israel following the recent Iran \u2063missile strike\u200c on Israel. House\u2062 Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner\u200c is expecting a vote this week\u2062 to allocate essential weapons to Ukraine.\u2064 Aid discussions faced delays due to discrepancies\u2064 in the Senate package. The urgency\u2062 for aid has heightened as Ukraine&#8217;s equipment stockpile diminishes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Saturday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/2965457\/israel-with-foreign-help-intercepted-most-of-iranian-missiles-and-drones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>missile attack on Israel<\/a> has reignited urgency for <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House GOP<\/a> leaders to consider <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/foreign-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>foreign aid<\/a> to Ukraine and the Jewish State, with Republicans anticipating a vote on an aid package this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-intelligence-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Intelligence Committee<\/a> Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) said in a Sunday interview with NBC News\u2019s <em>Meet the Press<\/em> that he believes a vote on Ukraine aid will come to the House floor this week, and he expects it to pass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone has been very much on this side of understanding that we\u2019re at a critical point. Russia is beginning to gain ground, Ukraine is beginning to lose the ability to defend itself,\u201d Turner said. \u201cThe United States must step up and provide Ukraine the weapons that they need, and I think we\u2019re gonna see overwhelming support for that in the House this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: House Intel Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) says he expects the House to pass Ukraine aid this week.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMikeTurner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMikeTurner<\/a>: &#8220;I expect it to pass. \u2026 The United States must step up and provide Ukraine the weapons that they need.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3vO6An964P\">pic.twitter.com\/3vO6An964P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeetThePress\/status\/1779535395702657508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ukraine<\/a> aid has been stalled in the House since February after House Republicans declared the Senate\u2019s foreign aid supplemental dead on arrival because it did not offer any provision for U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-media-now-admitting-i-was-right-about-everything-they-lied-about\/\" title=\"Trump: Media \u2018Now Admitting I Was Right About Everything They Lied About\u2019\">southern border security<\/a>. The decision to forgo the Senate\u2019s package was helped along by comments from former President Donald Trump, who demanded congressional Republicans reject anything other than a \u201cperfect\u201d deal on the border.<\/p>\n<p>However, Turner denied on Sunday that Ukraine and Israel aid was being \u201cheld up\u201d by Trump, instead placing the blame on a lack of legislation on \u201cdebates and deliberations.\u201d Both Rules Committee ranking member Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2955021\/democrats-eye-changes-foreign-aid-support-gaza-war-wanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"spearheading discharge petitions\">spearheading discharge petitions<\/a> to bring some manner of Ukraine aid to the floor. McGovern\u2019s petition focuses on the Senate package, while Fitzpatrick and his allies are looking to find a compromise including both foreign aid and border security.<\/p>\n<p>Eyes are on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to see how he will bring foreign aid to the House floor for a vote, particularly as some hard-right Republicans have said they will oppose any more funds to Ukraine. Hanging over the speaker\u2019s head is a motion to vacate from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who said this past week that any movement on her motion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2964476\/johnson-catches-heat-tie-breaker-fisa-warrants\/\" title>would depend<\/a> on how Johnson handles Ukraine aid and the reauthorization of the\u00a0Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson said in an interview with Fox News\u2019s <em>Sunday Morning Futures<\/em> that the \u201cdetails\u201d of the foreign aid package \u201care being put together.\u201d He did not rule out voting on aid for Ukraine as well as Israel, but he did not seem inclined to put the Senate package on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll send our package, we\u2019ll put something together and send it to the Senate and get these obligations complete,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>Calls for aid for both Ukraine and Israel have escalated in recent weeks, with House Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2930129\/democrats-cool-israel-stand-alone-bill-alarm-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>cooling<\/a> to an Israel stand-alone bill and saying aid to Ukraine is \u201cmore urgent.\u201d McGovern previously said that Ukraine would run out of equipment by the end of April.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s missile strike against Israel on Saturday resurged calls for aid legislation. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) said in a statement on Saturday the House\u2019s schedule would be changed due to the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe House will move from its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-how-congress-is-responding-to-irans-attack-on-israel\/\" title=\"Check Out Congress's Reaction to Iran's Assault on Israel\">previously announced legislative schedule<\/a> next week to instead consider legislation that supports our ally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a> and holds Iran and its terrorist proxies accountable,\u201d he said, not offering specifics as to what the legislation will be.<\/p>\n<p>He added that \u201cmore details on the legislative items to be considered will be forthcoming.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>In light of Iran\u2019s unjustified attack on Israel, the House will move from its previously announced legislative schedule next week to instead consider legislation that supports our ally Israel and holds Iran and its terrorist proxies accountable.<\/p>\n<p>The House of Representatives\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveScalise\/status\/1779278241267617926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Rank-and-file <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans<\/a> are already pushing leadership to call a vote on aid as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. John Duarte (R-CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/04\/14\/iran-drone-attack-foreign-aid-israel-congress?utm_source=newsletter&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&#038;stream=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> <em>Axios<\/em> that the House should pass \u201cfull funding to Israel. Immediately.\u201d Rep. Marc Lawler (R-NY) also told the outlet that Johnson \u201cmust bring forward a supplemental package of aid for Israel in order to support them in their time of need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-takes-new-actions-against-china-as-biden-goes-soft-enough-is-enough-start-fighting-back\/\" title=\"DeSantis Takes New Actions Against China As Biden Goes Soft: \u2018Enough Is Enough,\u2019 \u2018Start Fighting Back\u2019\">faced severe backlash<\/a> from his own party for his role in crafting and supporting the Senate supplemental package, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcconnell.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/pressreleases?ID=20982EAC-1363-4FE6-8F15-E88200CB0247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a> that the House should move forward on the upper chamber\u2019s stalled legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-to-meet-with-biden-and-congressional-leaders-at-white-house\/\" title=\"Speaker Johnson to attend White House meeting with Biden and congressional leaders.\">national security supplemental<\/a> that has waited months for action will provide critical resources to Israel and our own military forces,\u201d McConnell said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent Iran missile strike on Israel has renewed the focus of House GOP leaders on providing aid to Ukraine and Israel. Republicans are gearing up for a vote on an aid package this week. According to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH), speaking on NBC News&#8217;s Meet the Press, urgent action is needed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2220680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24101622775039-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2220679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24101622775039-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220679","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2220679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2220680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2220679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2220679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2220679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}