“My colleagues and I firmly believe that any aid to Israel should not be used as leverage to send tens of billions of dollars to Ukraine,” said Kansas Senator Roger Marshall.

Republican Senator from Ohio James Vance, Senators from Utah Mike Lee and Senators from Texas Ted Cruz also spoke in favor of sharing the funding.

As the publication emphasizes, this indicates the problems faced by the White House proposal to allocate an additional $106 billion for military and other assistance to Ukraine, Israel and other countries.

In this way, it will be possible to avoid blocking the allocation of money to Israel in the House of Representatives, where more than half of the Republicans already oppose funding for Kyiv.

President Joe Biden’s budget request calls for $61.4 billion for Ukraine, of which $46.1 billion is defense spending and $11.8 billion is direct budget support. Israel is expected to receive $14.3 billion.