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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Oliver Milman

US House to vote next week on standalone $17.6bn bill for aid to Israel

Mike Johnson.
The House speaker, Mike Johnson, criticized a Senate attempt to pair funding to Israel with aid for Ukraine. Photograph: Michael Brochstein/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

The US House of Representatives plans to vote next week to advance $17.6bn in military aid to Israel without any accompanying spending cuts or assistance for Ukraine, according to Mike Johnson, the chamber’s speaker.

Johnson announced to his fellow House Republicans on Saturday that the vote would take place, while also criticizing a parallel move in the US Senate to pair funding for Israel in its military strikes in Gaza with aid for Ukraine as it fends off Russia’s invasion. The Senate measure also aims to attach a raft of tough border and asylum measures favored by rightwingers to aid for Israel.

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