Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
09-22-2021, 05:12 AM
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-yank-1b-for-israeli-missile-defense-from-doomed-shutdown-and-debt-patch/ar-AAOFnGt?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531
POLITICO
Democrats yank $1B for Israeli missile defense from doomed shutdown and debt patch
By Caitlin Emma, Andrew Desiderio and Heather Caygle 14 hrs ago
House Democratic leaders on Tuesday yanked $1 billion for Israeli missile defense from a government funding package that will bring them no closer to stopping a government shutdown or avoiding a debt default.
Rosa DeLauro wearing glasses: House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro said it is “critical” for Congress to “swiftly” pass the package.© Tasos Katopodis/Pool via AP House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro said it is “critical” for Congress to “swiftly” pass the package.
The funding bill hit a last-minute snag after a group of House progressives revolted over the $1 billion it would have provided for the Pentagon to help replenish Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system. Democratic leaders stripped that provision from the measure just minutes before a procedural vote after facing pushback from their left flank.
The Iron Dome money, which Israel views as critical for its protection from rocket attacks, will be included in the annual defense funding bill instead, according to an Appropriations Committee spokesperson.
"There is no interruption in funding for the Iron Dome," Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro said as the Rules Committee resumed prepping the package for a floor vote on Tuesday afternoon. "We are trying to make this seamless."
But the episode resurfaced the long-simmering internal tension among Democrats when it comes to supporting a longtime U.S. ally in the Middle East. And it comes as Republicans have already sought to portray the majority party as anti-Israel due to progressives’ long-standing skepticism of the U.S.-Israel security relationship.
Republicans have already said they plan to reject the funding package, which includes $28.6 billion in disaster aid — including for storm-battered red states — as well as $6.3 billion in funding for Afghan refugees and an extension of federal cash to keep the government open through Dec. 3. Democrats, eager for a messaging win, are tying that bundle to a measure that would hit pause on an approaching debt cliff through the 2022 midterms.
Two people familiar with the matter said that the group of objectors to the Iron Dome language included the Democrats who pushed earlier this year to cancel an arms sale to Israel amid its shooting war with Hamas militants in Gaza. The funding would have made good on a pledge by the Biden administration to help Israel replace hundreds of interceptors used to knock down rockets Hamas launched from Gaza in the spring.
A number of moderate members tweeted their displeasure with leadership‘s decision to punt the money to a year-end appropriations package, which isn’t guaranteed to materialize.
“Iron Dome is a purely *defensive* system — it protects civilians when hundreds of rockets are shot at population centers,” tweeted Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.). “Whatever your views on the Israeli-Pal conflict, using a system that just saved hundreds, if not thousands, of lives as a political chit is problematic.“
While the House is expected to pass the measure on Tuesday, Senate Republicans have insisted that they will oppose the legislation in the upper chamber, where all but four GOP lawmakers vowed weeks ago to oppose any action on the debt limit.
"The Democrats have the House, the Senate, the White House, and they have the capacity to raise the debt ceiling,” Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said on Monday night. He reiterated the GOP stance that Democrats should handle the debt limit through the filibuster-proof reconciliation process they used to pass their $1.9 trillion pandemic aid package earlier this year and are deploying to enact up to $3.5 trillion of President Joe Biden’s social spending commitments
Really????? You vermin and your puppet scum biden gift terrorists tens of billions --but yank money that is used for defense of a nation that is surrounded by nations that are sworn to destroy it..
Man, do I ever hope to live long enough to see you bastards receive the epic and crushing justice that you bastards so truly deserve!
Fffing worthless scum, every one of you.......-- :saluting2: --Tyr
POLITICO
Democrats yank $1B for Israeli missile defense from doomed shutdown and debt patch
By Caitlin Emma, Andrew Desiderio and Heather Caygle 14 hrs ago
House Democratic leaders on Tuesday yanked $1 billion for Israeli missile defense from a government funding package that will bring them no closer to stopping a government shutdown or avoiding a debt default.
Rosa DeLauro wearing glasses: House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro said it is “critical” for Congress to “swiftly” pass the package.© Tasos Katopodis/Pool via AP House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro said it is “critical” for Congress to “swiftly” pass the package.
The funding bill hit a last-minute snag after a group of House progressives revolted over the $1 billion it would have provided for the Pentagon to help replenish Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system. Democratic leaders stripped that provision from the measure just minutes before a procedural vote after facing pushback from their left flank.
The Iron Dome money, which Israel views as critical for its protection from rocket attacks, will be included in the annual defense funding bill instead, according to an Appropriations Committee spokesperson.
"There is no interruption in funding for the Iron Dome," Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro said as the Rules Committee resumed prepping the package for a floor vote on Tuesday afternoon. "We are trying to make this seamless."
But the episode resurfaced the long-simmering internal tension among Democrats when it comes to supporting a longtime U.S. ally in the Middle East. And it comes as Republicans have already sought to portray the majority party as anti-Israel due to progressives’ long-standing skepticism of the U.S.-Israel security relationship.
Republicans have already said they plan to reject the funding package, which includes $28.6 billion in disaster aid — including for storm-battered red states — as well as $6.3 billion in funding for Afghan refugees and an extension of federal cash to keep the government open through Dec. 3. Democrats, eager for a messaging win, are tying that bundle to a measure that would hit pause on an approaching debt cliff through the 2022 midterms.
Two people familiar with the matter said that the group of objectors to the Iron Dome language included the Democrats who pushed earlier this year to cancel an arms sale to Israel amid its shooting war with Hamas militants in Gaza. The funding would have made good on a pledge by the Biden administration to help Israel replace hundreds of interceptors used to knock down rockets Hamas launched from Gaza in the spring.
A number of moderate members tweeted their displeasure with leadership‘s decision to punt the money to a year-end appropriations package, which isn’t guaranteed to materialize.
“Iron Dome is a purely *defensive* system — it protects civilians when hundreds of rockets are shot at population centers,” tweeted Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.). “Whatever your views on the Israeli-Pal conflict, using a system that just saved hundreds, if not thousands, of lives as a political chit is problematic.“
While the House is expected to pass the measure on Tuesday, Senate Republicans have insisted that they will oppose the legislation in the upper chamber, where all but four GOP lawmakers vowed weeks ago to oppose any action on the debt limit.
"The Democrats have the House, the Senate, the White House, and they have the capacity to raise the debt ceiling,” Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said on Monday night. He reiterated the GOP stance that Democrats should handle the debt limit through the filibuster-proof reconciliation process they used to pass their $1.9 trillion pandemic aid package earlier this year and are deploying to enact up to $3.5 trillion of President Joe Biden’s social spending commitments
Really????? You vermin and your puppet scum biden gift terrorists tens of billions --but yank money that is used for defense of a nation that is surrounded by nations that are sworn to destroy it..
Man, do I ever hope to live long enough to see you bastards receive the epic and crushing justice that you bastards so truly deserve!
Fffing worthless scum, every one of you.......-- :saluting2: --Tyr