The White House informed that US President Joe Biden would veto a bill that would provide aid to Israel separately from Ukraine.
The administration called this draft law "another cynical political maneuver" and emphasized that they are strongly "against" it, as it "does nothing to protect the border and help Ukraine."
"The administration strongly urges both houses of Congress to reject this policy move and instead send the bipartisan National Security Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to the presidentʼs desk as soon as possible," the White House Office of Management and Budget said in a statement cited by The Hill.
The White House previously stated that it opposes the bill on aid to Israel without additional appropriations to support Ukraine.
- On February 3, Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson announced that next week the US House of Representatives will vote on a bill to provide more than $17 billion in aid to Israel. He insists that "now the US does not have time to consider a package that combines aid to Ukraine and Israel."
- On February 4, the Senate unveiled a long-awaited $118 billion package of legislation that combines border security policies with aid to Ukraine, Israel and other US allies, but the document ran into opposition from Republicans. US President Joe Biden called on Congress to approve a bipartisan deal on national security as soon as possible.