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US House votes to force weapons shipments to Israel, rebuking Biden

WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would force President Joe Biden to send weapons to Israel, seeking to rebuke the Democrat for delaying bomb shipments as he urges Israel to do more to protect civilians during its war with Hamas.
The Israel Security Assistance Support Act was approved 224 to 187, largely along party lines. Sixteen Democrats joined most Republicans in voting yes, and three Republicans joined most Democrats in opposing the measure.

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, and Warren Davidson of Ohio all bucked their party.

Posted by Grom the reflective 2024-05-17 01:37|| || Front Page|| [11146 views ] Top
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#1 Rep. Davidson is mine — I voted for him twice. Army Ranger, head of a mid-sized family company, then got into politics, first locally then Congress. I just wrote to him about this, asking him to explain his thinking.

Posted by trailing wife 2024-05-17 07:31|| 2024-05-17 07:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Not sure about the other two, but if Massie voted a certain way, then he had the US Constitution in mind. AIPAC is already attacking him. Capitol Hill needs a few hundred more Thomas Massies.

Posted by DooDahMan 2024-05-17 07:36|| 2024-05-17 07:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Massie automatically votes against all foreign aid. It's a principle he's expounded forever. It's also an illustration that "one size fits all" will get you sideways with pretty much everyone at some point.

His point, that the US is broke and doesn't have the aid money to give, isn't incorrect.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-05-17 07:40|| 2024-05-17 07:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Have been reading about Thomas "Woodrow" Wilson recently...a scumbag of the absolute highest order...reminded me of Wisconsin Senator La Follette and his passionate speech on the Senate floor against Wilson's perversion on going to war in April 1917. La Follette was one of only six Senators to vote against going to war.

Some men & women have principles. Those principles might not pay well, but they have principles.

Posted by DooDahMan 2024-05-17 07:53|| 2024-05-17 07:53|| Front Page Top

#5 The Senate would refuse to ratify the Versailles Treaty. Congress would simply repeal the declaration of war.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-05-17 08:12|| 2024-05-17 08:12|| Front Page Top

#6 Kind of late for that, what?

No League of Nations for the US. If only today we could....

Posted by DooDahMan 2024-05-17 08:23|| 2024-05-17 08:23|| Front Page Top

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