Preacher of the House Mike Johnson said in a Saturday letter to colleagues that he will bring a stand-alone bill for aid for Israel to the floor for a vote next week, CBS News reports, blaming Democrats for his apparent 180-degree pivot from his previously supported legislation which attached cuts to the IRS to the aid legislation.
Having passed a bill in November to provide funding for Israel while cutting IRS overhaul funding, Johnson said Democrats were at fault for his apparent political loss because they would not consider the going-nowhere bill. “Given the Senate’s failure to move appropriate legislation in a timely fashion, and the perilous circumstances currently facing Israel, the House will continue to lead,” he wrote.