With Congress gone fishing, Israel must fend for itself
When members of Congress break bread at their Thanksgiving tables and chow down on turkey, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie, nations at risk such as Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan will have to suffice with crumbs.
Congress left for its holiday recess without passing or even holding serious debate on President Biden’s proposed package of $106 billion in military aid to help Israel pummel Hamas, assist Ukraine in fending off Russia, or deter an increasingly aggressive China from threatening Taiwan.
To be fair, elected officials were preoccupied with extending the debt ceiling, giving America two more months of breathing room for keeping the government open until the next debt ceiling crisis hits.
Also, the House of Representatives, with its slim and rebellious Republican majority, did pass a freestanding $14.3 billion military aid package to Israel, although they attached a kill switch to the measure by conditioning that aid on equivalent cuts to funding for IRS tax enforcement, a stipulation that Senate Democrats will never accept.
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