House Speaker Mike Johnson is already clashing with Democrats and his Republican counterpart in the Senate, putting the brakes on Ukraine war aid and offsetting Israel aid with spending cuts.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is already clashing with Democrats and his Republican counterpart in the Senate, putting the brakes on Ukraine war aid and offsettingThe feud over the war aid quickly showed how the new speaker is navigating divisions among Republicans and negotiating hard with Democrats.to combat Hamas terrorists. It excludes more Ukraine funding, drawing a sharp contrast to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell who, like President Biden, wants the two paired together.
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, said America “does not have the luxury of burying our head in the sand or leaving our friends to fend for themselves.” The Treasury Department and nonpartisan budget hawk group the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget argued that slashing IRS funding meant to recoup money from tax cheats would ultimately increase the deficit.
He said he didn’t have a problem with “legitimate” IRS cuts, but he also said his preference would be to include Ukraine funding. “Mitch has got a conference that’s not quite where Mitch is,” said North Dakota GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer. “You got to start somewhere. You can’t take anything off the table.”
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