US President Joe Biden will veto the bill on supporting Israel without aid to Ukraine if it is signed by him.
The White House reacted to the bill by supporting Israel without aid to Ukraine
The administration strongly opposes the passage of HR 7217 by the House of Representatives... If the president receives (for signature) HR 7217, he will veto it, the White House said.
The statement said the administration spent months working with a bipartisan group of senators to reach a national security deal that would protect the border and provide support to Ukraine and Israel, as well as provide needed humanitarian aid to civilians affected by conflicts around the world.
The White House says the administration is urging both houses of Congress to reject this policy move and instead send a bipartisan national security emergency appropriations bill to the president's desk as soon as possible.
Instead, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson called Biden's veto an "act of treason" in a statement.
By threatening to veto aid to Israel and our military, President Biden is abandoning our ally in its time of greatest need, he said.
Mike Johnson
Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives
Earlier, Johnson said that next week, the issue of military aid to Israel will be considered in a separate project from the decision on the southern border.
The Senate bill on the US border and aid to Ukraine
On February 5, senators released details of the border agreement and an aid package supporting Ukraine and Israel. They can vote for him this week.
The $118.2 billion legislative package includes:
the president's broad powers to significantly limit illegal immigration at the US southern border,
$20 billion for US border needs and provision of resources for a new border policy,
about $60 billion to support Ukraine in its struggle with Russia,
$14 billion in aid to Israel,
humanitarian assistance for the civilian population in Gaza, the West Bank and Ukraine.
Earlier in the day, President Joe Biden said he "strongly supports" the Senate's border bill, calling it "the toughest and fairest set of border reforms in decades."
