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The House delivered a rebuke to President Joe Biden Thursday for pausing a shipment of bombs to Israel, passing legislation that seeks to force the weapons transfer as Republicans worked to highlight Democratic divisions over the Israel-Hamas war.

Seeking to discourage Israel from its offensive on the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah, the Biden administration this month put on hold a weapons shipment of 3,500 bombs — some as large as 2,000 pounds — that are capable of killing hundreds in populated areas. Republicans were outraged, accusing Biden of abandoning the closest U.S. ally in the Middle East.

Debate over the bill, rushed to the House floor by GOP leadership this week, showed Washington’s deeply fractured outlook on the Israel-Hamas war. The White House and Democratic leadership scrambled to rally support from a House caucus that ranges from moderates frustrated that the president would allow any daylight between the U.S. and Israel to progressives outraged that he is still sending any weapons at all.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh cool, they're trying to make complicity in genocide mandatory and it passed with 16 Dems voting in favor.

That's not at all a horrifying portent of what's to come no matter which out of touch authoritarian wins in November..

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 47 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Matt Cartwright, Pennsylvania.

Angie Craig, Minnesota.

Henry Cuellar, Texas.

Donald G. Davis, North Carolina.

Lois Frankel, Florida

Jared F. Golden, Maine

Josh Gottheimer, New Jersey

Greg Landsman, Ohio

Jared Moskowitz, Florida

Frank Pallone, Jr., New Jersey

Mary Sattler Peltola, Alaska

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Washington

David Scott, Georgia

Darren Soto, Florida

Thomas R. Suozzi, New York

Ritchie Torres, New York

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Looks like I have a representative to call.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Mine is hiding behind a submission form requiring a permanent address in their district in order to contact them.

Looks like I'll just have to show up at their office to ask why they sent bombs to kill thousands of innocent women and children.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

I found an address on Google Maps to write mine.

[–] zaph 5 points 5 months ago

There's definitely a phone number you can use you just may need to dig for it.

[–] gravitas_deficiency 2 points 5 months ago

Genuinely, thank you for doing that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Fuck Richie Torres.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The last 5 are

  • Jared Golden (ME 2nd)
  • Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA 3rd)
  • Josh Gottheimer (NJ 5th)
  • Donald Davis (NC 1st)

And of course the always despicable anti-choice conservative who Pelosi and Clyburn got elected over a great progressive candidate, Henry Cuellar (TX 28th)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Coathanger Cuellar truly represents party leadership to absolute perfection.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Article didn't say and I'm too lazy to search the Congressional Record for them right now, sorry..

Edit: changed my mind and, while I haven't found the vote yet, I found some of the debate, starting with "Mr. Bacon from Nebraska" saying "Israel" or "Israelis" 36 times, "Palestine" 0 times, and "Palestinian" 2 times (with the first one immediately followed by "terrorists") in a 5 minute statement 🤦