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The Senate decided to try some tricky maneuvering to split the border provisions from their foreign aid packages. The House had separately floated a “clean” package of cash for Israel only but it sank. The Senate deal hammered out by “moderate” RINO Republicans and die-hard Democrats isn’t anywhere close to clean. Even without the border provisions, it still doesn’t have much chance becoming a law.
Aid for everyone
Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer is convinced his scheme to “strip the bipartisan border security deal from the emergency defense spending bill” will break loose cash aid for Hamas, along with money for Ukraine, Israel and “the Indo-Pacific region,” meaning Taiwan.
As soon as House Republicans got wind of what was in the border bill and freaked out, their Senate colleagues decided to back out of the whole thing. They have voters to face back at home.
If Democrats don’t find a way to get an aid package to the Hamas terrorists in Gaza, the residents of Dearborn, Michigan are going to throw a jihad.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to separate the bipartisan border security deal from the emergency defense spending bill for Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific. A procedural vote on the Ukraine and Israel funding package, including border security reforms, is… pic.twitter.com/MzrhNHzk4R
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) February 7, 2024
They already declared an intifada against Joe Biden for daring to support Israel’s right to defend themselves from Palestinian paratroopers. The latest idea in the Democrat controlled Senate is splitting out the border security reforms.
That way, Schumer explains, “he can give vulnerable Democratic colleagues a chance to vote for it and argue on the campaign trail that they tried to address the crisis at the border.” He knows it’s destined to go down in flames but that’s okay, they’re on record trying.
Next comes “Plan B.” Schumer “has told Senate Dems he is planning to put the negotiated supplemental on the floor without the border security piece after the expected failed cloture vote.” That means aid deals only.
It might not work
The only little snag with the Democrat plan is that Republicans aren’t in on it. At least, not the conservative ones.
Their omnibus aid package isn’t a guaranteed success. Democrats hope it can “be used to carry funding for Ukraine, Israel and other foreign assistance priorities.” The problem is those extra “priorities.” Things like cash for Hamas.
One of the extra chunks of pork the Democrats threw in has a slight chance of making it through, “the FEND Off Fentanyl Act.” It doesn’t cost anything, simply requires Joe Biden to “sanction criminal organizations that traffic fentanyl.” While that part won’t raise too many eyebrows, conservatives won’t like the provisions for Gaza or Taiwan.
Schumer strips the bipartisan border security deal from the emergency defense spending bill to bring a package funding the war in Ukraine, Israel, the Indo-Pacific region and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and Gaza to the Senate floor Wednesday. https://t.co/MBxIBJIiK5
— Tom Looby (@mapocoloco) February 7, 2024
If it scrapes through the Senate, chances are it will die a sudden death in the House. Foreign aid doesn’t mean as much to the far right as the far left. No matter who gets the check. Once we balance our own budget, then we can make charity donations. From what’s left over. Democrats simply put it on the credit card and ask for another increase in the credit line to match.
The Hill notes that “the modified emergency defense spending bill is already drawing criticism from conservatives.” For instance, Heritage Action announced their “principled opposition will not change if Chuck Schumer strips out the ‘border security‘ deal that was proven so unserious it collapsed in 48 hours.”
He’s hoping the aid for everyone without any border changes will get the votes but isn’t certain. “If the carefully orchestrated plan goes awry, then Senate Republicans could potentially vote twice in one day to block the defense supplemental.” That, one Democratic staffer laments, is “an embarrassing prospect.“
