After Hamasā surprise attack on Oct. 7, Republicans and Democrats in Congress both said they needed to act quickly to help Israel.
At the time, the House was floundering without a speaker, and members cited the necessity of sending immediate aid to a close U.S. ally as a motivating reason for solving the speaker drama.
But five weeks after Mike Johnson (R-LA) was elected speaker, and nearly eight weeks since the attack, Congress doesnāt appear any closer to passing an aid packageāfor Israel or for Ukraine, the latter of which has been āweeksā away from running out of weapons for months now.
As Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) told The Daily Beast this week, Ukraine needed an aid package in October.
I could be mistaken, but I donāt think either of the stopgap bills included Ukraine aid.
The US isnāt the only country giving aid and weaponsā¦ other countries have provided extra stuff in the meantime
Iām not sure which of the most recent bills included aid for Ukraine, but that just reinforces my point about GOP interference with the continuity of support.