Sen. Roger Marshall on Why Democrats Blocked Israel Aid Package

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🗓️ 16 November 2023

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Every Senate Democrat voted in opposition to a stand-alone Israel aid package. The package, which passed in the House Nov. 2, would have provided Israel with $14.3 billion and was set to pull funding from President Joe Biden’s IRS budget to do so. On Tuesday, Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., used a special motion to call for a vote on the Israel package on the Senate floor, taking his Democrat colleagues by surprise. The motion failed in a vote of 51 - 48. “I've been trying to figure out this for weeks as well, maybe months,” Marshall said. “Why are Democrats so afraid of supporting Israel?” Democrats have “lots of reasons why we should fund Ukraine, but they never will say why we should fund Israel,” according to Marshall. “They say they want to support Israel, but their actions are different,” he says. “What I've found out is there's a significant portion of their base that does not want anyone in their party to support Israel.” Democrats have advocated for an aid bill that includes funding for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, and the border, but now that Democrats have blocked the stand-alone Israel aid package, Marshall says there is no path forward for the $14.3 billion bill. Instead of a swift show of support for Israel from Congress, Marshall says it will likely take months for Congress to work through disagreements and pass a an aid package to support Israel. Marshall joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain why he is so passionate about standing with Israel, and why lawmakers should support a stand-alone aid package for our closest friend in the Middle East. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I think we're infinitely apart right now within our own Republican Party,
0:04.4	within the Democrat Party, what the House wants to do versus what the Senate wants to do
0:09.4	is just a huge, huge canyon apart right now, so nothing is going to happen.
0:17.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, November 16th. I'm Virginia Allen, and that was
0:26.4	Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas. On Tuesday, Senator Marshall called for a vote on the floor of the Senate to stand alongside the people of Israel and to pass a 14.3 billion dollar stand-alone aid package for Israel.
0:43.0	Every Senate Democrat voted against that standalone
0:46.7	aid package for Israel. Today, Marshall is joining me on the show to explain
0:51.1	why he believes Democrats refuse to support the package
0:55.1	and why he is working so hard to provide Israel with the support they need.
0:59.8	Stay tuned for our conversation, but first I want to tell you all about another podcast from the daily signal.
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