Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) New House Speaker Mike Johnson, as one of his first moves, is forcing a showdown over emergency aid to Israel.
He s pushing a vote Thursday on a bill that would provide more than $14 billion to the American ally but not include $61 billion in aid to Ukraine as President Joe Biden, House and Senate Democrats and even many Senate Republicans want tied to the same measure.
The bill House Republicans released Mondaywould pay for the Israel aid by slashing the same amount from the Internal Revenue Service, which critics say could affect some taxpayer services and hurt enforcement actions against tax cheaters.
Johnson has set up the showdown as making a choice between what s considered more important.
White House: Bill is nonstarter
The White House is bashing the House GOP bill, calling it a "nonstarter" for tying aid to Israel to cuts in IRS funding money already passed under Biden s Inflation Reduction Act.
"Demanding
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) New House Speaker Mike Johnson, as one of his first moves, is forcing a showdown over emergency aid to Israel.
He s pushing a vote Thursday on a bill that would provide more than $14 billion to the American ally but not include $61 billion in aid to Ukraine as President Joe Biden, House and Senate Democrats and even many Senate Republicans want tied to the same measure.
The bill House Republicans released Mondaywould pay for the Israel aid by slashing the same amount from the Internal Revenue Service, which critics say could affect some taxpayer services and hurt enforcement actions against tax cheaters.
Johnson has set up the showdown as making a choice between what s considered more important.
White House: Bill is nonstarter
The White House is bashing the House GOP bill, calling it a "nonstarter" for tying aid to Israel to cuts in IRS funding money already passed under Biden s Inflation Reduction Act.
"Demanding
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) New House Speaker Mike Johnson, as one of his first moves, is forcing a showdown over emergency aid to Israel. He's
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) New House Speaker Mike Johnson, as one of his first moves, is forcing a showdown over emergency aid to Israel.
He s pushing a vote Thursday on a bill that would provide more than $14 billion to the American ally but not include $61 billion in aid to Ukraine as President Joe Biden, House and Senate Democrats and even many Senate Republicans want tied to the same measure.
The bill House Republicans released Mondaywould pay for the Israel aid by slashing the same amount from the Internal Revenue Service, which critics say could affect some taxpayer services and hurt enforcement actions against tax cheaters.
Johnson has set up the showdown as making a choice between what s considered more important.
White House: Bill is nonstarter
The White House is bashing the House GOP bill, calling it a "nonstarter" for tying aid to Israel to cuts in IRS funding money already passed under Biden s Inflation Reduction Act.
"Demanding
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