{"id":12670,"date":"2023-11-11T19:40:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T19:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/business\/us-government-shutdown-fight-puts-new-israel-and-ukraine-aid-in-doubt\/"},"modified":"2023-11-11T19:40:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T19:40:10","slug":"us-government-shutdown-fight-puts-new-israel-and-ukraine-aid-in-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=12670","title":{"rendered":"US government shutdown fight puts new Israel and Ukraine aid in doubt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Stay informed with free updates<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>Simply sign up to the <!-- -->US foreign policy<!-- --> myFT Digest &#8212; delivered directly to your inbox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=5556e7f9-ffaa-47ab-84ea-f4fb71c016e4&amp;concept-id=ab55ad88-5ddf-463b-b757-f8fc08f681a4\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>The US Congress is far from a deal to avoid a looming government shutdown and pass President Joe Biden\u2019s $106bn request for security aid to Ukraine and Israel, as another budgetary stand-off in Washington\u2019s threatens to undercut the White House\u2019s foreign policy goals.<\/p>\n<p>With less than a week to go before a Friday deadline to pass a spending bill or shutter federal offices and operations, Republicans and Democrats have no clear path to a compromise, amid deep divisions on international aid, funding for border security, and the direction of fiscal policy.<\/p>\n<p>The prospect of a looming shutdown with no aid approved for Ukraine and Israel threatens to overshadow the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit Biden is hosting in San Francisco next week, including his planned meeting with China\u2019s President Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon warned this week it was being forced to \u201cmeter out\u201d its support for Kyiv, after 95 per cent of its funds for Ukraine had been exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to continue to roll out packages, they just are getting smaller,\u201d Sabrina Singh, the defence department\u2019s deputy press secretary, told reporters on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we really implore Congress to pass the supplemental request that the president sent up so that we can continue to meet Ukraine\u2019s battlefield needs,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The stand-off over the federal budget also poses the first leadership test for new Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, who was elected to the position last month after far-right dissidents ousted Kevin McCarthy from the post for striking a deal with Democrats to avoid the last shutdown threat, just six weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>Given the big gap between Biden\u2019s request for Ukraine and Israel and what Republicans are prepared to pass, lawmakers have been discussing whether they can pass a new stop-gap funding measure to give more time for negotiations until mid-December. But it is unclear whether such a so-called \u201ccontinuing resolution\u201d has enough support in both chambers of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have grown increasingly wary of further aid to Ukraine and are pushing for policies to prevent the flow of migrants coming over the US-Mexico border in exchange for their support. Although the White House and Democrats have their own plans to tighten border security, they are not as aggressive, so no agreement is in sight.<\/p>\n<p>There is broader bipartisan support in Congress to pass additional aid to Israel, but House Republicans have tied it to an unrelated measure gutting the Internal Revenue Service\u2019s ability to audit wealthy Americans and big business, making it unpalatable to Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats are also pushing back against unconditional aid to Israel. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and other Democratic senators wrote to the administration this week, asking to \u201censure that any US-provided equipment is used in a manner consistent with US law\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>With a shutdown looming on November 17, Johnson has floated a peculiar proposal, which would shutter different parts of the government by different deadlines in order to raise pressure for a deal. The idea has baffled even Republican allies \u2014 and the new speaker, a little known ally of former president Donald Trump from northwestern Louisiana, is facing criticism for wasting precious time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still have reservations about that approach because it means we would have to confront the possibility of a government shutdown more than once,\u201d said Susan Collins, a Republican senator from Maine. \u201cThat just seems to me to be taking an unnecessary risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senator Dick Durbin, who has served in Congress for 40 years, said other veterans of the Senate \u201cchuckled\u201d when they heard of Johnson\u2019s idea. \u201cMost of us are sceptical,\u201d the Illinois Democrat told the Financial Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t figured out why we would want to do that,\u201d said Democrat Tim Kaine, a Virginia senator.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the path forward for Ukraine and Israel aid, Senator Mitt Romney said simply, \u201cthat\u2019s a big topic\u201d. Congressman Chuck Fleischmann, a Tennessee Republican, said \u201ccandidly\u201d he was \u201cunsure\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/5556e7f9-ffaa-47ab-84ea-f4fb71c016e4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US foreign policy myFT Digest &#8212; delivered directly to your inbox. 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