But the legislation would provide $US 14.3 billion in aid to Israel, pairing it with cuts to IRS [Internal Revenue Service] funding that Democrats strongly oppose.
However, Democrats say it’s dead on arrival in the Senate, and President Joe Biden has vowed to veto it.
The 226-196 vote was mostly along party lines. A dozen Democrats voted with nearly all Republicans in support of the measure; just two Republicans — Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia — joined most Democrats in opposing it.
The bill, championed by newly minted Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), is narrow in scope, pairing Israel aid with $14.3 billion in cuts to IRS funding that was approved through Biden’s 2022 sweeping climate, health and tax law.