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House approves resolution backing Israel in first move by new Speaker

The House approved a resolution backing Israel and condemning Hamas on Wednesday, the first piece of legislation to clear the lower chamber in more than three weeks because of the extended Speaker stalemate.

The legislation, which spans four pages, was the first measure approved under the leadership of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who clinched the gavel hours before the chamber voted on the resolution. He succeeded former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in the position after the California Republican was ousted from the top job earlier this month.

The House approved the resolution in a 412-10-6 vote, a strong show of support for Israel after Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on the U.S. ally Oct. 7, massacring more than 1,000 civilians in the south of the country, kidnapping more than 200 and raining thousands of rockets down across the country.

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Great, virtue signalling is so important at this time of crisis. It's not like we have real issues to deal with.
- This ain't virtue signalling...
  Republicans legit support Israel for three reasons:
  A fringe Christian belief that for Armageddon the Jewish people need to control Israel and start the first battle.
  They want to conflate religion and ethnicity like Israel, and use the existence of Israel as rationale for America being a "Christian nation".
  They really hate Muslims.
  
  Spending billions to destabilize the Middle East is a core part of their identity
  
  Bro... 412 voted yes, meaning like 90% of Democrats also support Israel's apartheid state and terrorism. Granted, most of them probably only approve due to military industrial complex ~~bribes~~ "donations", but that's only microscopically better than religious fundamentalism or fascism.
  
  This
  
  3b. They are addicted to the dopamine hits they get from bombing brown people.
Funny how Republicans play hardball with Ukraine but by contrast give a blank check to Israel. How quickly their concerns about debt and a path to victory faded away lmao.
Republicans and democrats coming together to commit genocide
All 412 of them are absolute monsters. We are cultivating such a grotesque, hypocritical, and self-destructive culture in the US.
- There’s 433. Are 19 of them okay in your opinion?
  Edit: I literally forgot how many voted to approve before I commented
How stupid.
Last numbers I heard on the news are that something like 5700 civilians died in Gaza following Israel’s air strikes.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The House approved a resolution backing Israel and condemning Hamas on Wednesday, the first piece of legislation to clear the lower chamber in more than three weeks because of the extended Speaker stalemate.
The first bill that I’m gonna bring to this floor in just a little while will be in support of our dear friend Israel,” Johnson said in the House chamber after winning the gavel.
“We’re going to show not only Israel, but the entire world, that the barbarism of Hamas that we have all seen play out on our television screens and wretched and wrong, and we’re gonna stand for the food in that conflict,” he added.
Last week, the White House unveiled a roughly $100 billion supplemental request that includes funds for Israel, Ukraine, U.S. border security and allies in the Indo-Pacific region.
Biden has pledged U.S. support to Israel in its declaration of war against Hamas, and made note of his supplemental request in a statement following Johnson’s election as Speaker.
), Al Green (Texas), Summer Lee (Pa.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (Minn.), Delia Ramirez (Ill.) and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.).
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One observation: this was a typical sense of the House given the situation and there were 10 Congress critters voting no. AOC voting no means she obviously is not contemplating running for statewide office.
- Yeah, can't be that she won't compromise her morals for her career...
  
  The why doesn't matter. The end result is simply an observation.
- Honestly, the further she stays away from the NY State Democratic Party, the better. If she runs for something bigger, I want her to win and/or maintain her dignity, not get held back by weird intra-party rivalries and kissing machine boss rings.
  
  The Democratic party is who elects folks in New York. To think you can win there without them is fantasy.

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