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Senators want to change massive new Israel aid package [View all]
Source: Reuters
POLITICS | Tue Sep 20, 2016 | 6:17pm EDT
Senators want to change massive new Israel aid package
By Patricia Zengerle | WASHINGTON
Republican U.S. lawmakers launched an effort on Tuesday to modify a $38 billion military aid agreement with Israel by providing more money and easing controls on how it is spent, setting up a showdown with President Barack Obama over the package days after it was signed.
Senators Lindsey Graham, Kelly Ayotte, John McCain and Ted Cruz told a news conference they had filed a measure to give Israel an additional $1.5 billion in military aid, while renewing U.S. sanctions on Iran.
Republican Senators Mark Kirk, Marco Rubio and Roy Blunt also co-sponsored the bill introduced on Tuesday.
Ayotte, McCain, Kirk, Rubio and Blunt all face competitive races for re-election on Nov. 8.
Arguing that U.S. law gives Congress control of spending, they objected to a provision preventing Israel from asking for additional funds from Congress after the new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), begins at the end of fiscal 2018.
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Senators want to change massive new Israel aid package
By Patricia Zengerle | WASHINGTON
Republican U.S. lawmakers launched an effort on Tuesday to modify a $38 billion military aid agreement with Israel by providing more money and easing controls on how it is spent, setting up a showdown with President Barack Obama over the package days after it was signed.
Senators Lindsey Graham, Kelly Ayotte, John McCain and Ted Cruz told a news conference they had filed a measure to give Israel an additional $1.5 billion in military aid, while renewing U.S. sanctions on Iran.
Republican Senators Mark Kirk, Marco Rubio and Roy Blunt also co-sponsored the bill introduced on Tuesday.
Ayotte, McCain, Kirk, Rubio and Blunt all face competitive races for re-election on Nov. 8.
Arguing that U.S. law gives Congress control of spending, they objected to a provision preventing Israel from asking for additional funds from Congress after the new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), begins at the end of fiscal 2018.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-israel-security-congress-idUSKCN11Q2ES
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