{"id":2249672,"date":"2024-05-21T16:19:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T20:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-gives-schumer-ultimatum-on-inviting-israels-netanyahu-to-congress\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T16:21:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T20:21:44","slug":"speaker-johnson-gives-schumer-ultimatum-on-inviting-israels-netanyahu-to-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-gives-schumer-ultimatum-on-inviting-israels-netanyahu-to-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Johnson issues ultimatum to Schumer regarding Netanyahu&#8217;s Congress invitation"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fspeaker-johnson-gives-schumer-ultimatum-on-inviting-israels-netanyahu-to-congress%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=2249672&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 Speaker Mike Johnson is pressuring Senate\u2063 Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to jointly invite\u200b Israeli Prime \u2064Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Congress for a shared \u2063address.\u2062 Johnson&#8217;s office set\u2062 a Tuesday deadline for Schumer\u200c to\u2064 join the invitation; otherwise, Netanyahu&#8217;s\u200b invitation might be\u200d limited to the House. Schumer responded affirmatively, indicating \u2064ongoing \u2063discussions with Speaker Johnson \u2064for a suitable arrangement.  <\/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>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mike Johnson\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) is increasing pressure on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to join him in inviting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3010534\/house-gop-weighs-punishing-icc-arrest-warrants-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> to visit Congress for a joint address. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s office gave Schumer a deadline of Tuesday evening to sign on to a letter inviting the Israeli leader to Washington, or else, the speaker will close the invite to the upper chamber, he told reporters on Tuesday. The ultimatum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2929726\/house-gop-weighs-inviting-israels-benjamin-netanyahu-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>comes roughly a month after Johnson <\/a>initially sent the draft letter to Schumer\u2019s office, but no action has been taken since. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy office told Sen. Schumer\u2019s office yesterday that he needed to sign the joint letter,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cAnd if not, we were gonna proceed and invite Netanyahu just to the House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schumer responded to Johnson\u2019s calls shortly after, telling reporters he supports Netanyahu coming to the Capitol and that he is in talks with the speaker about arranging such a time. However, the timeline remains unclear. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m discussing that now with the speaker of the House,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cAs I have always said, our relationship with Israel is ironclad and transcends any one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-govt-lockdown-to-last-12-months-expect-repeated-vaccinations\/\" title=\"UK Govt: Lockdown to Last 12+ Months, Expect Repeated Vaccinations\">prime minister<\/a> or president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The invitation to Netanyahu comes amid the war in Gaza, and lawmakers have split on how to support one of the country\u2019s closest allies. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson first floated the idea of inviting the prime minister to Washington after Schumer suggested in March that Israel should hold new elections to replace Netanyahu, prompting backlash from many of his Republican colleagues. <\/p>\n<p>The invite also comes as Netanyahu faces an arrest warrant application from the International Criminal Court over allegations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-biden-should-back-referring-accused-israeli-officials-to-international-criminal-court\/\" title=\"Ilhan Omar: Biden Should Back Referring Accused Israeli Officials To International Criminal Court\">committing war crimes<\/a>. Several lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have decried the warrant, and the Biden administration has opposed the move. <\/p>\n<p>House Republican leaders have even gone so far as to propose a bill that would sanction any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-weighs-punishing-icc-for-seeking-arrest-warrants-for-israeli-officials\/\" title=\"House Republicans consider taking action against the ICC for issuing arrest warrants for Israeli officials\">foreign person engaged<\/a> in an effort by the ICC to investigate or arrest a U.S. citizen or an official from an allied U.S. country.<\/p>\n<p>The speech could stir anger among some Democrats because it\u2019s reminiscent of when Republicans, who controlled both the House and Senate at the time, invited Netanyahu to address Congress in 2015 before informing the Obama administration of their plans. In that speech, Netanyahu slammed then-President Barack Obama\u2019s nuclear deal with Iran in an address that angered many Democratic lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A modern-day speech could also anger some hard-left Democrats who have opposed providing foreign aid to Israel amid its war with Hamas and have instead repeatedly called for a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>It is not yet clear when lawmakers would push to have Netanyahu address Congress should the invite be sent by both Johnson and Schumer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) ramps up pressure on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to co-invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a joint Congress address. 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