{"id":2221760,"date":"2024-04-15T19:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T23:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-leaders-call-on-johnson-to-pass-their-foreign-aid-bill-after-iran-attack-on-israel\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T19:38:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T23:38:21","slug":"senate-leaders-call-on-johnson-to-pass-their-foreign-aid-bill-after-iran-attack-on-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-leaders-call-on-johnson-to-pass-their-foreign-aid-bill-after-iran-attack-on-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate leaders urge Johnson to approve their foreign aid bill following Iran&#8217;s assault on 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\">30<\/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%2Fsenate-leaders-call-on-johnson-to-pass-their-foreign-aid-bill-after-iran-attack-on-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=2221760&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>Senate Majority Leader Chuck\u2062 Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell are urging House Speaker Mike Johnson to pass a Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-aligned-group-comes-out-against-biden-106-billion-foreign-aid-bill\/\" title=\"Trump-aligned group opposes Biden's 6B foreign aid bill.\">foreign aid bill<\/a> following \u2064Iran&#8217;s drone strikes\u200b targeting Israel. The Senate approved a\u2064 $95 \u2063billion bill in February to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel, Indo-Pacific\u2064 allies like Taiwan, and humanitarian assistance to Gaza and Ukraine. However, \u200bthe House delay raises concerns amid escalating tensions.  <\/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>Senate Majority Leader<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" Chuck Schumer (D-NY)\"> Chuck Schumer (D-NY)<\/a> and Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitch-mcconnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mitch McConnell (R-KY) \">Mitch McConnell (R-KY) <\/a>are urging House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mike Johnson (R-LA)\">Mike Johnson (R-LA)<\/a> to pass a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" Chuck Schumer (D-NY)\">Senate<\/a> foreign aid bill following Iran\u2019s drone strikes that targeted Israel over the weekend, but the House is unlikely to take up the bill, complicating matters.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2852838\/senate-passes-ukraine-aid-marathon-filibuster-conservatives\/\">passed<\/a> a $95 billion bill in February that would send funding to Ukraine and Israel, as well as to allies in the Indo-Pacific such as Taiwan, and humanitarian help to civilians in Gaza and Ukraine. However, the legislation has been held up in the House due to Republican skepticism over the conflict in Ukraine, as well as GOP demands for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-accuse-biden-of-playing-political-game-over-border-crisis\/\" title=\"House Republicans Accuse Biden of Playing \u2018Political Game\u2019 Over Border Crisis\">border security measures<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>In the wake of Iran\u2019s unprecedented drone strikes on Israel over the weekend, Senate leaders are calling for more urgency to pass foreign aid to Israel, but the exact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vowed-to-elect-more-women-they-did-just-that\/\" title=\"Republicans Vowed To Elect More Women...They Did Just That\">path forward<\/a> remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best way to help Israel is for the House to swiftly pass the Senate\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-teases-major-sanctions-package-against-russia-in-response-to-navalnys-death\/\" title=\"White House hints at 'significant sanctions' against Russia over Navalny's demise\">bipartisan national security supplemental<\/a>,\u201d Schumer said during a speech on the Senate floor on Monday afternoon. \u201cThe House must rush to Israel\u2019s aid as quickly as humanly possible, and the only way to do that is passing the Senate Supplemental ASAP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, there\u2019s no reason for the House not to move on the Senate supplemental as soon as today,\u201d Schumer said. <\/p>\n<p>McConnell also spoke on the Senate floor and urged the House to pass the bill in an effort to stand in solidarity with both Israel and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Senate passed an urgent national security supplemental two months ago, two months ago,\u201d McConnell repeated. \u201cAnyone taking the challenges we face seriously knows these unmet needs are absolutely urgent. So, I\u2019ll once again urge our House colleagues to take up this legislation without delay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A group of conservative Republican senators, including Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Roger Marshall (R-KS), is planning to attempt to pass a bill by unanimous consent on Monday evening that would provide $17.6 billion to Israel, but it is not expected to move forward. Senate Democrats have rejected other attempts to separate funding for Israel from the other foreign aid.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the Senate leaders publicly asked the House Speaker to take action, he was meeting behind closed doors with the GOP conference attempting to find a path forward on the foreign aid bill. It is looking increasingly unlikely the House will take up the Senate\u2019s full legislation. House Republicans are considering voting on a slate of bills to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-wants-to-send-100m-to-gaza-strip\/\" title=\"Biden plans to allocate 0m for Gaza Strip.\">provide foreign aid<\/a> for each country individually.<\/p>\n<p>In November, the House passed a bill providing $14.3 billion in aid to Israel, but Democrats objected to the fact that the bill did not include aid to Ukraine and would enact funding cuts to the IRS.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate leaders Schumer (D-NY) and McConnell (R-KY) push House Speaker Johnson (R-LA) to pass a Senate foreign aid bill post Iran&#8217;s drone strikes on Israel. 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