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.
Another pointless bill that still has to be voted on in the Senate and if it passes there will be vetoed by Biden. The folks in the House need to watch Schoolhouse Rock…
The House and the GOP know exactly what they are doing. They passed a repeal of Obamacare something like 80 times in Obama’s last few months in office and then didn’t dare pass one while Trump was there.
This is political theater meant to rile up the base.
And 16 centrist Democrats voted with Republicans on the bill because, and I cannot stress this enough, centrists fucking love genocide.
Let’s be honest here, there’s a solid chance that Biden won’t veto.
It also wouldn’t have passed without some dem support; and it might pass the senate simply because they don’t want to be seen as “antisemitic” (also they don’t want to lose all that campaign funding.)
I’m not so sure on either count. Particularly not the senate.
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No, I’m not sure that the senate won’t pass it. And I’m not certain Biden will actually veto.
Ah. That was pretty ambiguous!
Nah, this is performative MAGA drama for their base.
And I have no faith that Senate Democrats won’t just go along with it, considering how many of them voted against conditioning aid back in January.