Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) are urging House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to pass a Senate foreign aid bill following Iran’s drone strikes that targeted Israel over the weekend, but the House is unlikely to take up the bill, complicating matters.
foreign aid bill following Iran’s drone strikes that targeted Israel over the weekend, but the House is unlikely to take up the bill, complicating matters.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.
“The best way to help Israel is for the House to swiftly pass the Senate’s bipartisan national security supplemental,” Schumer said during a speech on the Senate floor on Monday afternoon. “The House must rush to Israel’s aid as quickly as humanly possible, and the only way to do that is passing the Senate Supplemental ASAP.”
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.
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