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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 429

US budget

FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, second from left, walks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, right, at Capitol Hill on September 21, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
December 25, 2023, 10:34 am
Fractured US Congress tries to push Ukraine, Israel, Gaza aid with pre-Christmas plea
As US government breaks for holidays, lawmakers are split over country’s role in supporting international conflicts, historic levels of migration, rise of China
By AP and ToI Staff
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Cuyahoga Community College Metropolitan Campus, May 27, 2021, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
May 29, 2021, 12:59 pm
Biden budget to maintain Israel support, restore Palestinian assistance and ties
US State Department says budget will let US ‘maintain steadfast support’ for Israel, reinstate aid to Palestinians, work to advance ‘freedom, prosperity and security’ for both
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this photo from July 19, 2017, White House senior advisor Jared Kushner (R) whispers to US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin during a US and China comprehensive Economic Dialogue at the Treasury Department Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
December 17, 2019, 8:59 pm
Congress nixes Trump’s $175m peace plan fund, gives $150m aid to Palestinians
$1.4 trillion spending bill leaves out White House-requested Diplomatic Progress Fund to boost peace efforts, inserts funding for Palestinian security and humanitarian assistance
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An Israeli Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighter jet takes part in a graduation ceremony for IAF pilots at the Hatzerim base in Israel's Negev desert, on December 26, 2018. (Jack Guez/ AFP/ File)
March 13, 2019, 8:33 am
White House budget plan has full $3.3 billion promised military aid for Israel
Despite spending cuts, 2020 fiscal proposal ‘fully supports the US-Israel Memorandum of Understanding’ of Obama administration; strong doubts document will be passed
By JTA
US President Donald Trump speaks about the spending bill during a press conference in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House on March 23, 2018. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)
March 23, 2018, 9:24 pm
Trump signs $1.3 trillion budget after threatening veto
With bill’s passage, Taylor Force Act slashing aid to Palestinians for paying families of Palestinian terrorists becomes law
By LISA MASCARO, Alan Fram, Catherine Lucey and Jill Colvin
US President Donald Trump speaks during a Greek Independence Day celebration in the East Room of the White House on March 22, 2018 in Washington, DC. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
March 23, 2018, 6:10 pm
Trump says he is ‘considering’ veto of $1.3 trillion budget
Move would see the cancellation of Taylor Force Act, which cuts some aid to Palestinians until they end stipends for terror convicts and families of slain attackers
By LISA MASCARO, Alan Fram and Catherine Lucey
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks during a news conference about the massive government spending bill moving through Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 22, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
March 23, 2018, 2:13 pm
Congress passes Taylor Force act as part of $1.3 trillion budget bill
Rider to the omnibus spending bill, named for an American killed by a Palestinian terrorist, cuts US aid to Palestinians until PA and PLO stop funding terrorists and their families
By AP and ToI Staff
Sen. Rand Paul, walks to the Senate floor for a vote with accompanying reporters, on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 21, 2018. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
March 23, 2018, 6:01 am
US spending bill with rider slashing Palestinian aid stalls in Senate
Massive $1.3 trillion omnibus package, with Taylor Force Act tacked on, sails through House but GOP senators hold up bill to protest outlays for Democratic priorities
By AP
Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky walks to his office after speaking in the senate floor, at the Capitol, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
February 9, 2018, 3:14 pm
Congress votes to reopen government, passes budget deal
House passage of budget measure ends second brief shutdown in a month amid disputes over immigration, deficits
By Andrew Taylor
In this image from video from Senate Television, Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, speaks on the floor of the Senate, February 8, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Senate TV via AP)
February 9, 2018, 8:36 am
US Congress stumbles into second government shutdown in a month
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul slams his own party for runaway spending: ‘Now we have Republicans hand in hand with Democrats offering us trillion-dollar deficits’
By Andrew Taylor
From left to right: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer and Sen. Bernie Sanders at a Capitol Hill news conference, May 25, 2017. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
January 22, 2018, 3:01 pm
Shutdown puts spotlight on Democratic leader Schumer
Facing a bruising budget fight, powerful four-term senator from New York seeks to hold together his minority faction and extract concessions on immigration
By Julie Pace
In this May 23, 2017, photo, an official watches security cameras at the Southern Nevada Counterterrorism Center in Las Vegas (AP Photo/John Locher)
June 6, 2017, 2:06 pm
Cities push back as Trump aims to cut anti-terror funding
White House, following path of previous administrations, proposes cost-share system to ‘share accountability’ with local authorities
By regina garcia cano
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 21, 2015. (Photo AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
October 27, 2015, 8:25 am
House GOP leaders reach last-ditch budget deal
Government shutdown averted for now, after Boehner’s final flurry as speaker
By Andrew Taylor and Erica Werner
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was closed for the first two weeks of October, due to the US government shutdown (photo credit: courtesy)
October 20, 2013, 2:47 pm
US Holocaust Museum plans for a future without survivors
Reopened last week after the government shutdown, ‘the conscience of the nation’ revs up its work with eye witnesses and continues to excavate memory
By Matt Lebovic
Former defense minister Ehud Barak, center, speaks to US soldiers during a joint Israeli-hosted military exercise, October 23, 2012 (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash90/File)
June 21, 2013, 1:56 pm
US cuts military aid to Israel by five percent
Measure is part of across-the-board spending cuts; reduction expected to affect F-35 purchases, joint exercises
By ToI Staff
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