Sen Roger Marshall, R-Kan, concerns Ron Price, CCO of the PGA Tour, and Jimmy Dunne, PGA board member, throughout the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing entitled “The PGA-LIV Deal: Implications for the Future of Golf and Saudi Arabia’s Influence in the United States,” in Hart Building on Tuesday, July 11, 2023.
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A standalone military help bundle for Israel, without any cuts to offset it, is on the table, a Republican senator statedMonday But initially, Congress and the White House need to hash out an offer to intensify U.S. border security.
“I don’t care how we pay for it,”Sen Roger Marshall, R-Kan, stated of the Israel help in a look on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
“I’d even consider standalone legislation just support Israel without a pay-for, I think it’s that big of a priority,” stated Marshall, a member of the Senate Budget and Homeland Security Committees.
But he stated financing Israel’s war versus Hamas is simply one piece of a complex riddle, in which Senate Republicans desire a bipartisan border security bundle that gives the president power to shut the border, in exchange for seriously thinking about a White House ask for emergency situation foreign help to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan.
“The rest of the riddle is not going to be solved unless we have meaningful border security,” Marshall stated.
“If that riddle is not solved, then the Republicans are going to vote down any type of cloture for the other three pieces of this riddle, for Ukraine, for Taiwan, as well as for funding for Israel.”
The Senate wishes to settle this offer by the end of the year, a lead Republican mediator,Sen James Lankford, Okla., stated over the weekend.
But this timeline might possibly be dreadful for Ukraine, the White House alerted Monday.
Unless Congress acts, the U.S. will lack cash to supply Ukraine more weapons and devices by the end of the year, Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young composed in a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La
Shutting the circulation of resources to Ukraine “will kneecap” its military efforts, threatening Kyiv’s battleground gains and increasing the possibility of Russian military success, Young composed.
“If Ukraine’s economy collapses, they will not be able to keep fighting, full stop,” Young composed.
“We are out of money — and nearly out of time.”
Johnson reacted later on Monday that the White House is stopping working to address House Republicans’ issues about more financing Ukraine while “continually ignoring the catastrophe at our own border.”
“House Republicans have resolved that any national security supplemental package must begin with our own border. We believe both issues can be agreed upon if Senate Democrats and the White House will negotiate reasonably,” Johnson stated on X.
