Speaker Mike Johnson Splits Funds for Israel AND Ukraine
(thehill.com)
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He’s asking for the spending bill to be bifurcated, so if it’s passed, funding will go to both Ukraine is Israel undoubtedly.
Ummmm bifurcate means split in two. According to Gaetz that means two different votes. bifurcated: 1 adj divided into or made up of two parts "socially bifurcated populations" Synonyms: divided separated into parts or pieces
Exactly - it means that the approved amount will be split in two, amongst Israel and Ukraine. That means one cannot be withheld and the other granted - considering the spending bill is already approved.
And you may have missed this in the linked article…Johnson said the House will propose a stand-alone $14 billion spending bill to assist Israel, matching the White House request. A group of GOP senators introduced a bill to do the same in the Senate on Thursday. Not really sure what you thought bifurcated meant.
That’s a separate bill and not referring to the already approved bill (entirely seperate) for 100 million that will be bifurcated between Israel and Ukraine.
Did you read the article you linked? He’s talking about the $100 BILLION supplemental that Biden wants with Israel money so he can get more for Ukraine. There has been no money voted on for Israel before Johnson became speaker. (Other than the normal aide sent to them) The $100 million is money Biden took from somewhere else to give to his pal Zelensky a week or two ago after Zelensky came begging. The first line of the article that YOU linked says split his $100 Billion supplemental because Republicans would not support a Ukraine package. Sorry to point out you have no idea what you’re talking about. Bifurcated means he wants TWO bills, the request already states how much Biden wants for each country and a couple of other things. You could probably clear up your confusion if you actually read the article you posted.