After spending much of the summer portraying Democrats as anti-Israel, Republicans are now in the awkward position of an intraparty feud that’s holding up military assistance to the U.S. ally
Sen. Rand Paul has offered an alternative proposal that would fund Israel’s Iron Dome system using money already appropriated for Afghanistan. | Greg Nash/Getty Images.
Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, the top Republican on the Armed Services Committee, said the GOP-led holdup is making it more difficult for him to advocate for military aid to Israel that's usually a non-controversial exercise on Capitol Hill. While Paul’s objection isn’t dooming the funding entirely, the Kentucky Republican is the only one standing in the way of a quick presidential signature that would deploy the cash this year. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer could get around the blockade by carving out time to pass the Iron Dome bill through the Senate’s regular process, or lawmakers could attach it to year-end appropriations bills.
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