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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..

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...

Moderates are not on on the same side as Dem voters.

National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said the legislation was intended to “score political points, not help Israel.”

“President Biden will take a back seat to no one on his support for Israel and will ensure that Israel has everything it needs to defeat Hamas,” she said. “President Biden is also strongly on the record for the protection of innocent civilians. Most Americans agree on both these points, Israel has a right and obligation to protect themselves, but they must do so while avoiding civilian casualties.”

Americans are mostly for the protection of innocents, that's why we keep protesting for him to stop enabling a genocide...

Oh now we care about abandoning close allies in the Middle East? Tell that to the Kurds.

Throughout history, the conservatives of any given culture have been the driving force behind nearly every genocide. Harming the innocent is just part of who they are at their core.

Consistently, conservatives have demonstrated a deep, irresistable need to harm the vulnerable.

Conservatism has always been a plague of death. It is long overdue for a cure.

Instructions unclear, dropping bombs on Israel.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.

Hundreds of thousands of people could be at risk of death if Israel attacks Rafah, the United Nations humanitarian aid agency has warned, because so many have fled there for safety.

In a rare scene on the Capitol steps Thursday, a group of about two dozen House aides gathered just as lawmakers were entering the chamber to vote and displayed a banner that read, “Your staff demands you save Rafah.”

Among their arguments, according to an administration official with knowledge of their conversations and granted anonymity to discuss them, was that the legislation would constrain the president’s foreign policy powers, particularly his ability to adjust security aid as needed.

With the general election campaign coming into focus, the speaker has mostly turned to advancing partisan bills, including legislation on immigration, local policing and antisemitism, that are intended to force Democrats into taking difficult votes.

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