
The White House has said President Biden would veto House Republicans’ proposed $14.3 billion Israel aid bill over its Internal Revenue Service (IRS) budget cuts and exclusion of assistance for Ukraine. A statement of administration policy on the House’s bill notes Biden “strongly supports” providing aid to Israel, while he “strongly opposes” the legislation’s lack of funding for humanitarian assistance and additional funding priorities detailed in the recent $106 billion supplemental spending request. “But rather than putting forward a package…