Senator’s bid to make US military support conditional on whether Israel is violating human rights in Gaza fails by 72 votes to 11
During the Sheikh Jarrah incident I contacted everyone who politically represents me and told them to re-evaluate how freely they fund Isreal, they all gave me lots of lip service telling me they will consider it when opportunities arise and every last one of them voted against this. I don’t think I’ve ever in my life been accurately represented politically on a federal level, and the only reason that’s not true locally is because I’ve testified to local government committees on things that actually made it to the state house floor.
I wish I could give you a hug. It’s so useful to have your voice on this (and I assume other progressive matters?). There are many of us who feel the same way, and some of us are trying to regain our strength to try to improve the world again. Thanks.
Thank you. It’s tough to fight being disheartened when you constantly feel looked over, or like some politicians margin of error. They act like they’d rather lose my vote then consider my prerogatives.
Anyone got a list of who supported it?
Edit: so far I found that it was Sanders (duh), Rand Paul, and 9 democrats. Not sure who
Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky
Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico
Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont
Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland
Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts
Democratic Sen. Laphonza Butler of California
Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico
Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii
Democratic Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
Rand (and Ron) Paul always confuses me.
What’s there to be confused about?
Ron is a soft-spoken man who stood firm in his convictions, and was quietly friendly with white nationals and other horrible people. He’s retired now.
Rand is a bit of a blow hard with no convictions, and is loudly friendly with white nationals and other horrible people. He’s a sitting senator.
Because compared to other nameable Republicans, he occasionally votes in ways that are agreeable with many leftists. But like you said, he’s also still a massive piece of shit.
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day…
Anyone got a list of who abstained? I want to do the math so I know how large the Senate Genocide Caucus is.
EDIT: I was trying to do math and kept overlooking how the article said that it was 72-11, which would mean 17 abstaining or absent. The Senate Genocide Caucus is 72 members wide.
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00008.htm
It’s fucked that it’s 15 Republicans and only 2 Dems abstaining.
Grassley is in hospital
If my arithmetic is correct, the Senate Genocide Caucus consists of 2 Independents, 32 Republicans, and 37 Democrats.
=71. You’re short 1. (vote was 72-11)
I see what I did. I subtracted from 48 Republicans instead of 49. The Senate Genocide Caucus has 2 Independents, 33 Republicans, and 37 Democrats.
Rand Paul accidentally stumbles into the correct opinion.
Doesn’t look like there are many scruples left in DC.
There weren’t any in the first place.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
US senators have defeated a measure, introduced by Bernie Sanders, that would have made military aid to Israel conditional on whether the Israeli government is violating human rights and international accords in its devastating war in Gaza.
“We must ensure that US aid is being used in accordance with human rights and our own laws,” Sanders said in a speech before the vote urging support for the resolution, lamenting what he described as the Senate’s failure to consider any measure looking at the war’s effect on civilians.
Sanders wrote on Twitter/X that his resolution directed the state department “to report on any human rights violations that may have occurred using US equipment in the Israeli military campaign in Gaza”, adding: “It should not be controversial to ask how US weapons are used.”
It would have forced the state department to provide a report within 30 days – and aid to Israel would be cut off if human rights violations were found.
Amid anti-war protests across the US, progressive representatives including Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Barbara Lee and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have called for a ceasefire.
Speaking from the Republican side before the measure was introduced on Tuesday evening, South Carolina senator Lindsay Graham said that Hamas, the Islamist group, has “militarized” schools and hospitals in the territory by operating amongst them.
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Sigh, the US government never fails to disappoint.
Unsurprising. Thank you, Bernie, for trying.
Every time America is about to/in the process of making a mistake there’s a video of Bernie Sanders warning everyone not to do it.
Our very own Cassandra of Troy.
Bernie is a national treasure, we don’t deserve him
Isnt that a proof that Israel dont respect human rights?
It is more proof that the US doesn’t give a shit.
It’s more proof that the US does give a shit, and that the US prefers that human rights not be respected.
Bernie Sanders is obviously a raging anti-Semite.
The ADL just declared that Jewish Voice for Peace are antisemitic so Bernie probably isn’t far behind.
I hope you are being sarcastic.
I am. I’m Jewish, and a Berniecrat. Bernie is a caricature if an old Jewish man.
What did anyone expect? Both sides take military industrial complex money
Don’t think the MIC is the deciding factor here, nor that the MIC particularly cares whether aid is attached to human rights scrutiny.
I think the core here is that the MIC just wants to sell weapons and it doesn’t really matter who or where the ammunition use happens on or with , but that ammo is used and more ammo is bought.
What I meant by my comment is that they aren’t ‘picking sides’ so much as making sure that oversight isn’t enforced so arms sales can continue unimpeded.
MIC picked Israel > Ukraine and said it really didn’t matter if Biden won again, because both sides take military industrial complex money and will never allow ranked-choice voting.
As an American, I wish we could give Israel and Ukraine more money
Voting List for Anyone Interested
Fuck everyone that continues to support this genocide.
39 Democrat senators (40 if you count Sinema) and 32 Republican senators.
I’d also like to remind people that 44 Democrats and 36 Republican senators voted to block the rail strike.
Procorporate trash. All of them. Fuck Joe Biden.
Important to note that this is a motion to table - so the “Yea” vote means they disagree with Bernie’s resolution.
This is the stupidest timeline.
Why?
The republicans voted against it because it’s from him, and the democrats voted against it because they’re courting the right.
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Israel support is one of those things where you can confidently say that both sides are the same
Israel and large corporations. Let’s not forget Obama bailing out the banks with tax dollars after the 2008 collapse
Geopolitics overrides morality.
Concise and efficient, I like your answer.
It sometimes feels like Bernie Sanders is the only American leader with an actual heart.
I knew he was “my guy” when I finally realized who he was in 2016. There was a time I watched a lot of documentaries, and every time this scraggly haired old dude was shown in some random clip of Congress doing their thing in relation to the documentary, he was always on the right side of the argument. So I see Bernie Sanders running and I said “oh shit, it’s that guy!”
No wonder the media demonizes him…
Is this an active coup that’s been playing out since 60s or when ever this shadowy government does? Is this the same thing like how one president get 1 free murder, no questions asked but like on large scales?
