According to insiders, the White House will present a supplemental funding request to Congress on Friday that will also ask for money for Taiwan and the border between the United States and Mexico.
In Washington The Biden administration is set to present a fresh funding proposal to Congress this week, and top congressional lawmakers are starting to get information about it.
Although it hasn’t been finalized, the supplemental financing package would probably ask for $60 billion for Ukraine, according to a congressman and two sources familiar with the request. About $40 billion of the remaining funds will be requested to help Israel, Taiwan, and the US-Mexico border.
According to four people intimately involved in the process, the overall supplementary budget request, which is anticipated to be for the fiscal year that ends in September, would be close to $100 billion.
The administration intends to send Congress the nearly $100 billion additional funding request in the upcoming days, according to NBC News on Tuesday. A politician and a congressional aide with knowledge of the situation said that top members could be informed of the request’s specifics as early as Wednesday.
According to NBC News on Tuesday, the administration plans to send Congress the almost $100 billion additional spending request in the coming days. According to a lawmaker and a congressional aide with knowledge of the circumstance, top members may be briefed on the nature of the request as early as Wednesday.
Republicans are increasingly split on whether to keep providing aid to Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. More than $75 billion in military, humanitarian, and financial assistance has already been given to Kyiv by the United States, and the Biden administration has urged Congress for further billions.
The sources claim that the Biden administration will formally submit the $100 billion additional request on Friday.
The date is still uncertain, but according to a congressman and an aide, one reason why some information might be released on Wednesday is because the administration would want to catch senators while they are still in town. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, will be leading a bipartisan Senate delegation to the Middle East at the end of the week, thus the Senate is not anticipated to meet on Friday.
President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he was getting ready to urge Congress for a “unprecedented support package for Israel’s defense” on his trip to Tel Aviv, a day after a tragic hospital explosion in Gaza that sparked protests across the Middle East. Biden’s scheduled meeting with Arab leaders in Jordan was postponed as rage increased in the area.
471 people, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry administered by Hamas, were killed in what Israel said was a “targeted” attack on the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in central Gaza.
U.S. national security officials have stated their support for Israel’s official assessment that the explosion was caused by a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket that misfired. Leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees briefed members on the incident on Wednesday, echoing the judgment reached by the American intelligence community.
On Wednesday, Biden also announced an additional $100 million in US aid for the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Since Hamas’ terrorist strike in Israel on October 7, more than 3,400 people have died and more than 12,500 have been injured in Gaza. In Israel, the ongoing conflict has resulted in 1,400 fatalities and 3,500 injuries.