On Tuesday, February 6, the bill from the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Mike Johnson to provide military assistance exclusively was not supported in the House of Representatives of the US Congress. Most congressmen consider this document a "political trick" that does not reflect the real state of affairs and is not related to the right of Israel to self -defense.
The bill presented Mike Johnson contained financial assistance solely in support of Israel and US forces in the Middle East. Johnson considered it a priority, which should be separated from other aspects of national security.
The bill was made to the vote by a representative of the Republican Party Ken Calvert. Most of the Democrats, even those who consider themselves to be Israel's supporters, rejected it, evaluating as a "political trick" that does not reflect Israel's rights to self -defense.
Calvert assured that his proposal is a "pure bill" that does not contain less popular provisions on national security.
"The statement that this bill is political is absolutely false. Today we have the opportunity to give a strong signal: the United States stand on the side of Israel. The only ones who make it political are those who oppose it," he said before the vote.
Speaker Johnson said that after the legislators are "responsible" for Israel, they will "work" on other issues. "We should consider these measures independently. I think they deserve it," he told reporters.
However, on the eve of voting, dozens of legislators, including the leaders of the Democratic Party and members of the ultra -conservative faction in the House of Representatives, stated their intention to reject the bill.
Not long before the vote, the leader of the democratic minority in the House of Representatives Hakim Jeffris, the leader of Democrats Katherine Clark and the head of the Democrats faction, Pete Agillaar, in the Memorandum "Dear Colleagues" declared their willingness to support any serious biparticles.
But they noted that a separate law is "not presented with good intentions".
"Probably an absolutely obvious and cynical attempt at Maga extremists (Make America Great Again-" Let's make America big again. " Memorandum.
US Financial Assistance Problems for Ukraine
On October 20, US President Joe Biden presented a bill of $ 106 billion to Congress, which provided assistance not only to Israel, but also to Ukraine, Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific. Of this amount, $ 61.3 billion was proposed to allocate to Ukraine, and 14.3 billion to Israel.
However, on November 2, the House of Representatives approved an alternative to the newly elected speaker Mike Johnson, which provided for the allocation of military assistance in the amount of $ 17.6 billion exclusively Israel, not including Ukraine.
In December, the Senate blocked the consideration of this bill because of the demands of Republicans to include harsh measures to protect the Southern US Southern border with Mexico.
After that, the Democrats and Republicans began negotiations with respect to a new border agreement. President Biden has declared his readiness to close the Southern border in the event of a crisis with migrants and urged legislators to adopt a corresponding bill.
At the end of January, the Senate and Congress agreed the text of the US border agreement with Mexico. However, Mike Johnson called this project a "stillborn" agreement, which indicates that the Republican majority in the lower house of Congress may not support him during the vote.
