Voters only gave control of the House of Representatives to the Republican Party by three percent (50.6% to 47.8%) or 54.5 million votes to 51.5 million votes . So, the voters only gave them control of one sixth of the federal government. That resulted in a narrow nine seat total majority. Thus, if they lose five votes on any bill, then they no longer have a majority on that one bill. House Republicans split up funding for Israel and Ukraine and put an unacceptable offset reducing funding for the IRS in their controversial national defense funding bill. Furthermore, a strong bipartisan majority and consensus in the Senate opposes splitting up funding for Ukraine and Israel and isn't sold on trying to insert this offset in this national defense bill that must be passed soon. A little humility consistent with these numbers and the fact that the Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and important Senate Republicans oppose them on the issue would be appropriate. It's not even not even clear that MAGA Mike Johnson can get his controversial bill through the House of Representatives.
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Oct 22, 2023 — Republican Senate minority leader says he and president are 'in the same place' on support linked to both conflicts.
Mitch McConnell offered a strong endorsement on Sunday of the Joe Biden White House’s $106bn aid proposal to Israel and Ukraine, saying he and the president were essentially “in the same place” on the issue.
McConnell, the powerful Republican leader in the Senate, also rebuffed some of his GOP colleagues in the Senate who have called for a package separating assistance for the two countries, saying it would be “a mistake” during an interview on CBS’s Face the Nation.
Biden sends $106bn aid request to Congress for Israel, Ukraine and Gaza
The Republican leader offered significant backing to the White House’s $106bn request, including $14bn in assistance to Israel, $60bn in aid to Ukraine and another $14bn to improve security on the US Mexico border. An additional $10bn would be allocated to humanitarian relief as well as an additional $7bn to the Indio-Pacific region.
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Johnson’s Israel proposal runs into stiff Senate opposition
BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 10/31/23 6:00 AM ET
Senators say that new Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) demand to separate Israel funding from Ukraine and offset the $14.3 billion in Israel aid with cuts to the IRS budget isn’t going anywhere in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
It’s uncertain whether Johnson can even get his controversial proposal passed through the House, where Republicans hold a slim four-seat majority.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin (D-Md.) declared the House Republican proposal to cut IRS funding to pay for aid to Israel dead on arrival in the Senate.
“It’s a non-starter. It’s a poison pill,” he said.
Like Cardin, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and key Senate GOP defense hawks such as Sens. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) and Roger Wicker (Miss.) don’t favor splitting up President Biden’s emergency funding request for Israel, Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific.
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It appears clear that this eventually ends in exactly one way given these facts, President Biden and the bipartisan majority's approach prevails. However, MAGA Mike Johnson has to prove what an extremist he and his backers including the 18 House Republicans who represent congressional districts won by President Biden are. These are the exact types of problems that Johnson will create for the House Republicans who represent congressional districts won by President Biden like a looming government shutdown. In November of 2024, those 18 House Republicans are likely to pay a steep price for unanimously putting such an extremist out of touch MAGA maniac in the Speaker's chair.
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