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House Proposes Separate Israel Bill Amid Backlash Over Combined Border and Aid Package. NBC reports that the House will hold a vote on a standalone bill on providing aid for Israel, following a GOP attempt to thwart a bipartisan border bill. While the border bill includes tougher laws on immigration and asylum, the bill also includes foreign aid packages for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan. On February 3, Speaker Mike Johnson announced a vote for a standalone bill that includes $17.6 billion in military aid for Israel. According to Johnson's office, the standalone bill also includes:, "important funding for U.S. Forces in the region.” In response, the Biden administration threatened to veto the standalone Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act. "Instead of working in good faith to address the most pressing national security challenges, this bill is another cynical political maneuver." "The security of Israel should be sacred, not a political game." "The Administration strongly opposes this ploy which does nothing to secure the border, does nothing to help the people of Ukraine defend themselves against Putin’s aggression, fails to support the security of American synagogues, mosques, and vulnerable places of worship, and denies humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians, the majority of whom are women and children." Office of Management and Budget, Statement of administration policy, via NBC. GOP House leaders have said they would oppose the bill: “because it fails in every policy area needed to secure our border and would actually incentivize more illegal immigration.”. THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT