I suspect the Ukraine bill will receive ~300 votes and the Israel bill ~350. Possibly more on each.
But the point is the politics of the situation. The question was why is harb connecting the two. The two are being connected by the White House and democratic house leadership because they know that Ukraine will not pass without Israel aid being attached.
That's just a fact.
And I don't think it's just the "crazy caucus." I think a lot of GOP members don't want to pass Ukraine aid including Mike Johnson.
The GOP is willing to take up Israel aid and vote for it. It would have passed months ago. They even had a standalone bill go in February that 46 democrats defied house leadership and the White House veto threat due to lack of Ukraine aid and voted for.
They are not willing to take up Ukraine aid on a standalone bill. The White House knows the only way to pass both is to connect the two. One will not pass without the other. So in that sense harb is right because the White House is connecting them.
None of this is really in question as the president is stating it outright.
As to your questions which I'm not sure why they were directed at my political commentary on the aid packages I would say that much of the Israel aid contains reinforcements for their missile defense system. The systems that were just used to knock down 350+ ballistic missiles and drones that were shot at it by Iran.
Seems to me a lot better to prevent thousands of deaths than to wait around and pass aid after a catastrophic event.
I wish they did the same for Ukraine aid months ago.
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