It’s asinine, unpaid for, ineffective and dangerous,” Rep. Chip Roy of Texas posted on X about the supplemental request.
The Israel funding will likely move quickly in the House, but it’s very likely that the future speaker would decouple the requests so they are voted on individually.
The tightrope any future speaker will walk is that the Republican conference is divided over sending additional aid to Ukraine.
But there are some members for whom support Ukraine is an essential issue.
“I support Ukraine and Israel.
Persons:
It’s asinine, Chip Roy, “ Israel, Mike Garcia of, Rep, Don Bacon of Nebraska, “, Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, Brian Fitzpatrick, Chuck Schumer, ” Schumer, Antony Blinken, Lloyd Austin
Organizations:
Washington CNN, Republicans, Democrats, GOP, Ukraine, ” Republican, CNN, Republican, ”
Locations:
Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, Texas, Mike Garcia of California, Pennsylvania