Opinion | As the World Smolders, the New Speaker Trolls Biden

"Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority leader, has made it clear the final bill will have to include money for Ukraine, and hawks like Lindsey Graham of South Carolina have said the Ukraine money was related to Israel's war against Hamas.nn"

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"Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority leader, has made it clear the final bill will have to include money for Ukraine, and hawks like Lindsey Graham of South Carolina have said the Ukraine money was related to Israel's war against Hamas.nn"

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"And Mr. Johnson has now shown that he has no place in that room.nn"

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"But in the end, the I.R.S. cut isn't really going to happen, as House Republicans know, because Mr. Johnson's bill will die in the Senate, where many leading Republicans already oppose it."

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""Hamas was just hosted by the Russians in Moscow," Mr. Graham said, adding, about Ukraine, "I think breaking them out sends the wrong signal."

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""nnOther Republicans like Senator Mitt Romney of Utah and Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina agreed with the White House that cutting the I.R.S. budget made little sense in the context of national security.nn"

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""nnOther Republicans like Senator Mitt Romney of Utah and Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina agreed with the White House that cutting the I.R.S. budget made little sense in the context of national security.nn"

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"If Mr. Johnson has substantive objections to helping Ukraine and Israel that justify the legislative impediments he is constructing, he should state what they are."

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"By that calculation, Mr. Johnson's stunt could cost the country $171.6 billion."

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"It didn't take long for the new House speaker, Mike Johnson, to demonstrate to the world that he will not be a serious partner for American allies or for those who still believe that governing is not a petty little game.nn"

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"Earlier this year, Republicans forced Mr. Biden to cut $20 billion from the I.R.S. as part of the price for avoiding a debt default; having shown that the White House would agree to chip away at a top priority to prevent a crisis, they are returning to the same playbook."

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""The new Republican speaker has chosen to put a poison pill" in the aid bill, Representative Ritchie Torres, Democrat of New York, told Axios."

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"But then he imposed a condition on the Israel money: Mr. Biden must agree to cut the same amount out of the money the Internal Revenue Service uses to chase down high-income tax cheats."

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""And then, assuming the bill does pass the House, Mr. Johnson will then get a seat at the table to negotiate with the Senate and the White House on the final legislation."

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"Nothing in Mr. Johnson's record suggested he might try to shore up America's leadership in the world, but his actions show that his new position has not added any gravitas to his thinking; he's just pandering to his cronies in the far right wing.nn"

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"Ever since Mr. Biden won $80 billion for stronger I.R.S. enforcement in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, Republicans have made that money a target, exploiting the agency's Sheriff-of-Nottingham public image by trying to delude ordinary taxpayers into believing the extra funds meant the agency was coming after them."

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"Specifically, he stripped money for Ukraine and Taiwan from the $105 billion package requested by President Biden, leaving only the $14.3 billion the administration wants to send to Israel."

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"But making sense isn't really Mr. Johnson's game."

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