Congress rejected a bill on US aid only to Israel
On February 6, the House of Representatives of the US Congress rejected the Republican bill, which provided for the provision of $17.6 billion to Israel.
Democrats said they would vote only for a broader bill that would include aid to Ukraine, international humanitarian funding and money for border security.
The law lacked the necessary votes (250 to 180) to pass because it was introduced under an accelerated procedure that requires a two-thirds majority.
The vote was mostly along party lines, although 14 Republicans opposed it and 46 Democrats supported it.
Aid to Israel, one of the largest recipients of U.S. foreign aid, usually enjoys strong bipartisan support in Congress, but many opponents have called the House bill a political ploy by Republicans to divert attention from a $118 billion Senate bill that would include an overhaul of U.S. immigration policy. , as well as aid for Ukraine, Israel and partners in the Indo-Pacific region.
The day before, the main Republican in the Senate of the US Congress, Mitch McConnell, expressed his confidence that there is no real chance of passing the law on migration, to which aid to Ukraine worth more than $60 billion is tied.
