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Every Senate Democrat voted in opposition to a stand-alone Israel aid package.\xa0\nThe package, which passed in the House Nov. 2, would have provided Israel with $14.3 billion and was set to pull funding from President Joe Biden\u2019s IRS budget to do so.\xa0\nOn Tuesday, Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., used a special motion to call for a vote on the Israel package on the Senate floor, taking his Democrat colleagues by surprise. The motion failed in a vote of 51 - 48.\xa0\n\u201cI've been trying to figure out this for weeks as well, maybe months,\u201d Marshall said. \u201cWhy are Democrats so afraid of supporting Israel?\u201d\nDemocrats have \u201clots of reasons why we should fund Ukraine, but they never will say why we should fund Israel,\u201d according to Marshall.\xa0\n\u201cThey say they want to support Israel, but their actions are different,\u201d he says. \u201cWhat I've found out is there's a significant portion of their base that does not want anyone in their party to support Israel.\u201d\nDemocrats have advocated for an aid bill that includes funding for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, and the border, but now that Democrats have blocked the stand-alone Israel aid package, Marshall says there is no path forward for the $14.3 billion bill.\xa0\nInstead of a swift show of support for Israel from Congress, Marshall says it will likely take months for Congress to work through disagreements and pass a an aid package to support Israel.\xa0\nMarshall joins \u201cThe Daily Signal Podcast\u201d to explain why he is so passionate about standing with Israel, and why lawmakers should support a stand-alone aid package for our closest friend in the Middle East.\xa0\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.