{"id":856750,"date":"2021-10-07T14:13:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T18:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=856750"},"modified":"2021-10-07T14:13:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T18:13:33","slug":"rand-paul-repeatedly-objects-to-iron-dome-funding-bill-claims-it-should-come-out-of-afghanistan-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-repeatedly-objects-to-iron-dome-funding-bill-claims-it-should-come-out-of-afghanistan-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul Repeatedly Objects To Iron Dome Funding Bill, Claims It Should Come Out Of Afghanistan 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\">34<\/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%2Frand-paul-repeatedly-objects-to-iron-dome-funding-bill-claims-it-should-come-out-of-afghanistan-aid%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=856750&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul repeatedly objected to a bill that would provide $1 billion in funding for Israel\u2019s Iron Dome missile defense system, arguing that the funding should come out of aid for Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The funding bill <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/23\/iron-dome-funding-passes-house-representatives\/\">passed<\/a> the House on Sept. 23 after left-wing Democrats decoupled it from a broader government funding package. Paul first <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/575281-rand-paul-blocks-quick-vote-on-house-passed-1b-iron-dome-funding\">blocked<\/a> a snap vote on the bill on Monday, and did so again on Thursday, raising the ire of Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Jacky Rosen of Nevada. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/24\/ocasio-cortez-present-vote-crying-iron-dome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: Ocasio-Cortez Explains Her Tears, Vote On Iron Dome Funding)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s $6 billion left in a reconstruction fund for the Afghan national government. Well, the Afghan national government no longer exists,\u201d Paul said, calling the move \u201ca very easy pay-for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul expressed concern that the reconstruction funds could go to the Taliban, and accused Democrats of holding up the Israel money by not voting for his amendment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked Secretary [of State Antony] Blinken, this $6 billion, are you planning on giving it to the Taliban? And he says, well, it depends on whether they fulfill their commitments. To me it sounds like a pretty big if, but if the Biden administration says that they fulfill their commitment and expectations, the understanding is the Biden administration is going to give $6 billion to the Taliban.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t care if the Taliban behaves, I wouldn\u2019t give them a penny. There are other ways of trying to have a diplomatic relationship other than giving money to people,\u201d Paul continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a false issue,\u201d Blumenthal shot back. \u201cSection 9021 of the Fiscal Year 2021 Defense Appropriations Act, we all voted for it \u2013 makes funding the Taliban illegal. If any Pentagon official breaks that law, they could go to jail under the Anti-Deficiency Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe funds that the Paul Amendment seeks to rescind have actually not yet been appropriated,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>When Paul refused to withdraw his objection to the bill, Rosen slammed it as \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"subtitle10028\" class=\"subtitle processed foundfragment\" data-id=\"10028\" data-start=\"10142053\" data-end=\"10143821\">\u201cThis is no time for political<\/span> <span id=\"subtitle10031\" class=\"subtitle processed\" data-id=\"10031\" data-start=\"10143821\" data-end=\"10144121\">games.<\/span> <span id=\"subtitle10034\" class=\"subtitle processed\" data-id=\"10034\" data-start=\"10144121\" data-end=\"10145288\">It could jeopardize the support<\/span> <span id=\"subtitle10037\" class=\"subtitle processed\" data-id=\"10037\" data-start=\"10145288\" data-end=\"10146857\">for our allies and people in<\/span> <span id=\"subtitle10040\" class=\"subtitle processed\" data-id=\"10040\" data-start=\"10146857\" data-end=\"10149793\">need of lifesaving assistance,\u201d she said.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Terrorist groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57195537\">fired<\/a> more than 4,000 rockets into Israel in summer 2021. The Iron Dome, first deployed in 2011, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/11\/iron-dome-tel-aviv-israel-barrage-hamas-islamic-jihad\/\">prevented<\/a> the vast majority of them from reaching their targets.<\/p>\n<p>During floor debate in the House of Representatives over the aid package, Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/23\/ted-deutch-rashida-tlaib-anti-semitism-iron-dome\/\">faced<\/a> bipartisan condemnation after she accused the Israeli government of apartheid. Eight Democrats and one Republican in the House <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/23\/one-republican-voted-against-funding-israel-iron-dome-thomas-massie\/\">voted<\/a> against the package, which passed 420-9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Kentucky Sen. 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