House Speaker Mike Johnson says he plans to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress, a show of support from Republicans amid growing Democratic criticism of Netanyahu’s leadership.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and the House Republican leadership meet with reporters as lawmakers work to pass the final set of spending bills to avoid a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La.
Johnson said Wednesday that he had had a lengthy conversation with the prime minister and had “reiterated to him the House Republicans’ strong support for Israel in their efforts there.” Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said that Netanyahu had called him last week and said he wanted to address the GOP conference. “Bipartisan support for Israel seems to be cracking on the political left in this country,” said McConnell, who has been sharply critical of Schumer’s remarks.Schumer, the first Jewish majority leader in the Senate and the highest-ranking Jewish official in the U.S.
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