Democrats Suddenly Discover How Federal Budgets Work
Axios highlights 'furious Democrats' linking a Minneapolis ICE shooting to potential government shutdown threats over DHS funding. The same party stalwarts, however, rarely entertain such 'leverage points' when it comes to the $3.8 billion in annual military aid to the Israeli government, for example, or the supplemental bills that invariably pass without so much as a whimper. Rep. Hakeem
Jeffries, apparently, would rather focus on 'advancing the Affordable Care Act tax credits' than reining in a 'rogue force,' a curious position considering the direct human cost at home versus, say, the cost of funding a military in the Middle East. This sudden outbreak of fiscal responsibility conveniently arrives when a domestic, visible tragedy occurs, not when bombs paid for by U.S. taxpayers
devastate Gaza. One might wonder where this newfound legislative backbone was when Congress, often swayed by lobbying from groups like AIPAC (which funneled $2.5 million into political campaigns in 2023, per OpenSecrets.org), consistently greenlit military aid packages without substantial debate. It appears some government agencies are more 'lawless' than others, depending entirely on whose
backyard the consequences land.