A growing number of Republican lawmakers are voicing their opposition to a proposal put forward by President Joe Biden to include new defense assistance for Israel in a larger $105 billion spending package.
President Biden’s supplemental defense spending proposal includes about $14 billion to bolster Israel’s security after Hamas gunmen carried out a widespread attack throughout southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing hundreds of civilians. The president’s spending proposal links that aid for Israel to a request to provide an additional $61 billion in military support for Ukraine.
