House PASSES bill to give $14 billion in aid to Israel by cutting IRS funding: 12 Democrats join Republicans to push through plan Biden has ALREADY said he will veto

The House passed a measure to nonstop emergency assistance to Israel connected Thursday to thief successful its run to eliminate Hamas. 

The $14.3 cardinal measure passed 226 to 196, garnering 12 Democratic votes and losing 2 Republicans. 

Reps. Thomas Massie, Ky., and Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ga., voted against nan measure connected nan Republican side. 

The bill's destiny is apt doomed successful nan Senate arsenic Democrats have insisted assistance must beryllium tied to Ukraine and return rumor pinch nan pinch nan pay-for: nan measure repurposes money designated for nan IRS. 

The money comes from an $80 cardinal boost to nan IRS successful nan Democrat-passed Inflation Reduction Act from past Congress.  

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy's indebtedness limit woody already stripped immoderate of that money away, but overmuch of it remains. 

Even arsenic nan IRS pay-for threatens nan emergency assistance bill's future, Speaker Mike Johnson insisted nan foreign aid must beryllium offset. 

'$67 billion, it's sitting complete location to refurbish, build up and prosecute caller IRS agents and you person to look astatine nan scope and nan value of our commitments correct now,' Johnson said successful a news conference. 'My belief is that this dire business successful Israel is truthful important.'

He reasoned that nan nationalist debt, sitting astatine $33 trillion is 'the top nationalist information threat' supra thing else. 

'Ukraine (funding) will travel successful short order. We'll do that next,' nan speaker said, adding it would beryllium paired pinch separator security. 

The White House said President Biden would veto nan measure if it made it to his desk. 

House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar tore into nan bill. 'They're seeking to information life redeeming assistance to Israel, for nan sole intent of making it easier for billionaires to cheat connected their taxes.'

'We're learning a batch astir this caller speaker this week, pinch these first legislative decisions. And this has been a complete and full disaster,' he added. 

In a alteration of tides, nan White House besides said connected Thursday it would push Israel to prosecute a humanitarian region to let much assistance to get into Gaza.  

Meanwhile connected nan Senate broadside immoderate Democrats person begun to knock Israel's fierce and bloody violative run successful consequence to nan October 7 Hamas attacks. 

Asked whether it was clip for a ceasefire by CNN, Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Senate Majority Whip, said: 'I deliberation it is.' 

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who is Jewish, besides called connected Israel to cease its attacks connected Gaza. 

'The disaster successful Gaza cannot continue. The world must enactment to prevention guiltless lives. But conscionable arsenic a humanitarian consequence is critical, it is arsenic important to laic retired a way to a two-state solution and a antiauthoritarian Palestine. Israel cannot explosive its measurement to a semipermanent solution.' 

On nan House broadside a number of progressive members person demanded a cease fire. 

'Enough group person been killed,' Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., told DailyMail.com. 'We person sewage to fig retired a negotiated solution.' 

He said he's been disappointment pinch nan Biden administration's handling of nan conflict 'from nan very beginning.'

'It's important to support our state Israel but it's besides important to clasp Israel accountable,' Bowman added. 'We've sewage to do amended arsenic a party.' 

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., besides demanded Israel 'reconsider its approach.' 

'It's clip for Israel's friends to admit that nan existent attack is causing an unacceptable level of civilian harm and does not look apt to execute nan extremity of ending nan threat from Hamas. I impulse Israel to instantly reconsider its approach.'

A Hamas onslaught connected October 7 killed immoderate 1,400 Israelis, according to nan Israeli Defence Force. At slightest 9,000 Palestinians person been killed successful response, according to nan Gaza Health Ministry. Neither fig has been independently verified. 

Republicans are still mostly supportive of Israel, and happy pinch nan IRS trade-off. 

'Israel has each correct take sides itself from nan sadistic attacks we person been witnessing complete nan past month,' Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., said successful a statement. 'These costs are amended utilized supporting Israel than being utilized by IRS agents to audit mediate people Americans.'