Colorado reps 7/8 for Genocide: H.R.7006 passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday to spend over 3 billion dollars funding Palestinian genocide 153 Democrats and 188 Republicans voted Yes
4mon 1d ago by lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/tlekiteki in coloradopolitics from www.congress.gov
cross-posted from: https://crazypeople.online/post/13771158
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202628
(c) Israel.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “Foreign Military Financing Program”, not less than $3,300,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Israel: Provided, That funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “Foreign Military Financing Program” and made available for assistance for Israel shall be disbursed within 30 days of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That to the extent that the Government of Israel requests that funds be used for such purposes, grants made available for Israel under this heading shall, as agreed by the United States and Israel, be available for advanced weapons systems, of which not less than $250,300,000 shall be available for the procurement in Israel of defense articles and defense services, including research and development.
Also:
(e) Facilities.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to move the United States embassy to the State of Israel to a location other than Jerusalem.
of which not less than $6,500,000 shall be made available for refugees resettling in Israel
(A) (i) None of the funds appropriated under the heading “National Security Investment Programs” in this Act may be made available for assistance for the Palestinian Authority, if after the date of enactment of this Act—
- taking credible steps to combat anti-Israel bias;
Colorado votes 83% for Genocide
The people of Colorado voted jack shit. This was all the government.
Who voted for those representatives though
All possible representatives had already been probed by the think tanks akd dismissed if they weren't pro-Israel.
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Weird clickbaity headline. Should read "Colorado delegation votes with overwhelming majority of congress to pass defence appropriations bill. Small part of bill includes funding for Israel. Passage of bill is problematic in many ways, highlighting longstanding issues of dysfunction in the American political system."