Republican Sens. Roger Marshall of Kansas and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee are set to push for votes on two different versions of a stand-alone Israel aid measure in the Senate on Monday night. This move comes in response to Iran's recent drone attack on Israel over the weekend.
Marshall and Blackburn plan to seek unanimous consent to force votes on two Israel aid bills. One bill is for $14.3 billion and includes cuts to President Biden's $80 billion expansion of the Internal Revenue Service under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The other bill is for $17.6 billion but does not include a mechanism to pay for it. Marshall will lead the former bill, while Blackburn will push for a vote on the latter.
