Biden's demand came a day after he drew a direct link between the Hamas attack on Israel and Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine to convince Americans that the United States must show global leadership.The 80-year-old Democrat argued in an impassioned Oval Office speech that the huge sums involved — a total of $105.85 billion, including $61 billion in military aid for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel — would secure US interests for generations.
Most importantly, however, the huge funding ask is an attempt to bolster waning support for Ukraine by linking it with funding for Israel — which does have widespread bipartisan backing.Whether Republicans can set aside their squabbling and choose a speaker so that Biden's request can even get a hearing remains unclear.Republicans dropped hardliner Jim Jordan as their latest candidate on Friday after he failed to secure victory on his third attempt.
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