On Tuesday, House Democrat leadership urged their colleagues in the party to vote against a GOP bill that pressures the Biden administration not to withhold arms from Israel as it fights Hamas following a deadly terrorist attack in October of last year.
Republican appropriators introduced the legislation after President Joe Biden halted the delivery of some weapons to Israel in protest of a full-scale ground operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
A message sent by the office of Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) asked House Democrats to vote against the bill, claiming it “eliminates any executive oversight or control on the flow of taxpayer funded U.S. arms” and comes without hearings, markups, or bipartisan discussion.
“This is not a serious legislative effort. It is another partisan stunt by Extreme MAGA Republicans who are determined to hurt President Biden…
