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I wonder if there were bad hidden things in the bill again? (I know most of the US congress is bought by AIPAC)
Like in the US, a bill often gets to congress that is named something like "the children are the future protections act" that provides free meals and better education for kids or something universally good, and then clause 7.1.2.5 says "all people of color are stripped of all rights and Lockheed Martin gets an extra 200 billion per year and a on-demand hit squad provided by the CIA and is immune to prosecution, and the police have the right to spy on every citizen and steal their wallets without a warrant."
Because the majority of members of US congress have admitted to not actually reading the bills.
There was nothing bad in the amendement itself.
This was not a vote on the whole bill. It was a vote to change a part of the bill and strip out funding for some free weapons to Israel. It was voted on seperately.
So basically it was free real estate
Is this the confirmation that AOC is compromised?
Yes this is a very strong admission from AOC that she has not changed her stance and is still lockstep on genocide with the establishment when needed.
This is probably the best take on it https://xcancel.com/zei_squirrel/status/1946356344765968642
Ilhan Omar, Rashida Talib, Summer Lee and Al Green supported MTG's amendment.
I trust Talib's judgement over AOC's.
I don't think so. It was a modification to this Biden bill to remove the Israel money.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8034
The title of this post says it's amending the Defense Appropriations Act of 2026.
When Googling it said the start of that bill was from 2024.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-marjorie-taylor-greene-fails-to-win-votes-cut-funding-israel
That's not what that link said, nor is that how amendments or funding works.
My bad, I read it as if that's what she was modifying. It didn't make sense to me that they could modify a 2024 bill but I figured anything was possible these days.
It could also just be that it's MTG's bill and she's introducing it because she's explicitly antisemitic. It's like if a well-known white supremacist introduced articles of impeachment for Clarence Thomas because they can't stand having a black man on the court. Maybe if this is the one shot that can get it done you bite the bullet and do it because the result is worthwhile even if you're going to get asked why you teamed up with the white supremacist, but for a doomed bill that's only going to be a statement of principles, the benefit is limited and the person who introduced it is part of the statement.
So she's a Republican?
I don't know what point you're trying to make here.
If the personality of the person intruducing an amendement matters then AOC would never vote with any Republican, right?
MTG's problematic aspect isn't her being a Republican. It's not even that she's a particularly bad person (she is). The perceived motivation for this messaging bill is antisemitism. This is Jewish space lasers lady.
So? Her bill is about cutting off money for weapons to Israel not Jewish space lasers.
4 real progressives voted yes.
I suppose you could pretend that context and pretext simply don't exist. Poll taxes were just about raising money and English only laws are about government standardization.
I'm also not of the opinion that the people voting for it made a heinous choice either. They were just willing to take questions about MTG's antisemitism in exchange for a minor messaging vote. Nothing anyone did here is important. AOC has put out statements much more critical of Israel than being vote 7 on a muddled messaging bill.
AOC is voting to send weapons to a genocide here. You deem that optically worse than voting for an amendement against it because the person who filed the amendement is antisemitic?
AOC is literally enabling genocide with this act.