The Democrats have their heads stuck so far in the sand that cannot see the light of day any longer. The problem here is that the Ukraine debacle is purely a Democrat-driven issue, that is in place to save the embarrassment to the Democratic party if Ukraine were to release the information on payouts to Biden and Co. and other Democrats. So they continue to extort money from the U.S. (which is our tax dollars) to fund a war we should not be part of in the first place. If politicians make promises to other countries by soliciting the approval of Congress then they should bear the responsibility and humiliation for speaking out of turn. The problem in today’s government is that politicians believe they can unilaterally make decisions and commitments without evoking the support of the people. This leaves us all on the hook for a bill that we might not have wanted to commit to. If Russia and China want to run the U.S. and the other countries I say let them. We withdraw our funding and let these other countries look to them for support wait to see how long that lasts.
Being Duped: Democrats
Source: Fox News
Senate Democrats blocked a stand-alone Israel aid package led by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., Tuesday after a lengthy debate on the chamber floor.
Marshall sought unanimous consent for the House’s version of the package, which passed the lower chamber with bipartisan support Nov. 2 and would earmark $14.3 billion reallocated from funds meant for the IRS in President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. Senators Marshall, Ted Cruz, JD Vance and Mike Lee introduced the Senate version last month.
But Democrats shot down the effort because the package does not include aid to Ukraine. A handful of Republican senators argued the two emergency aid packages should be split up and voted on separately.
“Though they spend three-fourths of the time telling us why we should fund Ukraine, no one will stand up and say we should not fund Israel now,” Marshall said Tuesday in a press conference. “No one has an argument for that. They seem to be allergic to the word ‘Israel.’
“Bring the Ukraine funding to the floor. Let’s vote on that.”
GOP SENATORS INTRODUCE STAND-ALONE BILL TO AID ISRAEL WITHOUT MORE FUNDING TO UKRAINE
From left: GOP senators Ted Cruz, JD Vance, Roger Marshall and Mike Lee (Getty Images)
Marshall has been leading the charge against President Biden’s supplemental request to fund Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan and border security in one package. Instead, he’s urging senators to rescind their support for the package and focus on each issue individually.
A majority of the GOP conference favors Israeli aid but remains divided on Ukraine support. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has previously voiced his support for a combined aid package.
During Marshall’s remarks on the Senate floor requesting unanimous consent for the stand-alone legislation, he called the Ukraine conflict “a separate, unrelated conflict with no end in sight.”
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Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, a Marshall ally, argued lawmakers don’t have to agree on Ukraine aid to push the Israel package on its own.
“What I find interesting about the folks who are here today is they represent a cross-section of opinion on the Ukraine question,” Vance said Tuesday. “Even Sen. Schmitt and Sen. Lee, as much as we agree, we don’t agree on every single permutation of how we address the Ukraine situation. What we do all agree on, though, is that the American people deserve a separate debate.”
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., called the combined aid package “putting on a bunch of unrelated issues to try to bootstrap Ukraine aid” amid a less controversial stance on supporting Israel.
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