The Republican amendment to the annual defense budget is just one of several proposals to restrict humanitarian aid to Gaza.

The House voted on Wednesday to block the U.S. from funding the reconstruction of Gaza, whose destruction was financed by the U.S. to a large degree.

Other Republicans filed amendments combating the movement to boycott, divest, or sanction Israel for its illegal occupation of Palestine.

The provision was introduced by Reps. Brian Mast, R-Fla.; Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y.; and Eli Crane, R-Ariz., as an amendment to the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, the annual defense budget. While Democrats opposed the amendment, which passed by a simple voice vote, they did not request a recorded vote.

Among the amendments with Democratic sponsors are ones expressing support for joint military ventures between the U.S. and Israel.

Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., for his part, filed an amendment to require an assessment of the accuracy of the Gaza Ministry of Health’s death toll accounting. Over the last eight months, supporters of Israel have pointed to the fact that Hamas — as Gaza’s governing entity — controls the health ministry as a way to undermine its death count. Nonetheless, the Ministry of Health’s figures have in the past been corroborated by the United Nations, Doctors Without Borders, and even the Israeli government itself.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4440·
    5 months ago

    While Democrats opposed the amendment, which passed by a simple voice vote, they did not request a recorded vote.

    Before you blame this on republicans, Dems didn’t even challenge it for a vote so they had to put their names on it.

    They just fucking stood there.

    Wonder why Hakeem Jefferies didn’t even try…

    https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/hakeem-jeffries/summary?cid=N00033640

    If you wonder why pro Israel Dems keep getting to the general where Dem voters have no option but voting for them:

    That has made AIPAC the biggest source of Republican money flowing into competitive Democratic primaries this year, according to a POLITICO analysis of campaign finance data — and drawn outrage from the left over what it sees as GOP meddling in Democratic contests.

    Nearly half of AIPAC donors to Democratic candidates this year have some recent history of giving to Republican campaigns or committees.

    https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/09/aipac-republican-donors-democratic-primaries-00162404

    Anyone want to guess what US politician has taken more money than anyone else from pro-Israel lobbyists?

    And yes, I’m aware AIPAC isn’t required to register as an agent of a foreign government, they get an exception.

    The only reason it exists is because the prior group did have to register as a foreign agent in 1962. So they rebranded and donated to the people in charge of deciding who goes on that list, so AIPAC has never had to go on that list.

    This has been an issue for over 60 years and there’s no rational excuse to keep ignoring it.

    Edit:

    I should have presented the way for Dems to stop this:

    In the United States House of Representatives, the filibuster (the right to unlimited debate) was used until 1842, when a permanent rule limiting the duration of debate was created.[70] The disappearing quorum was a tactic used by the minority until Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed eliminated it in 1890.[71] As the membership of the House grew much larger than the Senate, the House had acted earlier to control floor debate and the delay and blocking of floor votes. The magic minute allows party leaders to speak for as long as they wish, which Kevin McCarthy used in 2021 to set a record for the longest speech on the House floor (8 hours and 33 minutes) in opposition to the Build Back Better Act.[72][73]

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster

    Republicans did it for 8.5 hours just a few years ago…

    Jefferies agrees with Republicans on this though.

    Which is one of the big complaints about current Dem leadership. They only fight if they’re 100% sure they’ll win. Voters want politicians willing to fight even if it’s hard and losing is possible.

    We can’t fight facism like this, because they fight every battle even if they don’t have a chance of winning.

    • AIhasUse@lemmy.world
      630·
      5 months ago

      BoTh SiDeS… bla, bla bla… There must be some mistake here, Trump causes all the bad stuff, we just have to keep Trump out of office so then everything will be great! Trump is a literal fascist! He’s going to do awful things, Biden and his dems are doing so good, basically the human form of the word “perfection”!

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        717·
        5 months ago

        I’m sorry, I can’t really follow what you’re saying here.

        But it might help if you read my reply to the other person about why without a vote there couldn’t be a filibuster allowing this to happen with a Republican majority rather than a supermajority

        Now, enough Dems might have voted with Republicans on this, but I want to know their fucking names at least

        Not for them to hide behind republicans skirt and count on people blaming them.

        • AIhasUse@lemmy.world
          419·
          5 months ago

          Exactly. I’m just pointing out how stupid people are who always say that it’s the Republicans that do awful shit and not Dems. This is yet another case of them both being awful, and yet whenever things like this get pointed out, people jump up and yell about how both sides are not the same. I just beat the fools to it so that when they do it, it looks especially dumb. They will probably just silently downvote since they really have no other way to respond.