US House Faces Amendment Cutting Israel Aid

Rep. Thomas Massie's revised amendment to H.R. 8595 is set for House floor consideration after the Rules Committee made it in order, opening a vote on blocking funds in the bill from being used for Israel and cutting Foreign Military Financing by $3.3 billion. The text leaves separate $500 million annual missile-defense support for systems like Iron Dome outside the cut, but it would still force lawmakers onto the record on core U.S.-Israel security assistance. Pro-Israel Democrats and most Republicans are expected to resist a sudden cut that would weaken America's closest Middle Eastern ally while Iran and its proxies test the region.