The White House on Friday asked Congress for nearly $106 billion to fund ambitious plans to secure the borders of Ukraine, Israel and the United States, but offered no strategy for getting money from a disorganized Congress, AFP reported.

US President Joe Biden’s request for funding comes days after he visited Israel and pledged solidarity as the country bombards Gaza following an attack by Hamas militants that killed 1,400 people in southern Israel.

By combining funding for Israel with Ukraine, border security, refugee aid, countermeasures against China and other hotly debated priorities, Biden hopes he has created a must-pass national security spending bill that can win support in the House of Representatives, which is marked uncertainty

The House, which Republicans took control of last year, has been without a leader for more than two weeks.

Some Republican lawmakers are skeptical of the need to fund the war between Ukraine and Russia and have threatened to shut down the government entirely to stop spending.

“The world is watching, and the American people rightly expect their leaders to come together and deliver on these priorities,” Biden’s budget director, Shalanda Young, said in a letter to acting House Speaker Patrick McHenry.

“I urge Congress to consider them as part of a comprehensive bipartisan deal in the coming weeks,” she said.

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