The Democrats Who Opposed More Military Aid to Israel—Until They Voted to Approve It

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Blaise Malley is a reporter for Responsible Statecraft. He is a former associate editor at The National Interest and reporter-researcher at The New Republic. His writing has appeared in The New Republic, The American Prospect, The American Conservative, and elsewhere.

The Senate approved the national security supplemental on Tuesday night, by a vote of 79-18. The legislation combined the four bills that were approved by the House over the weekend. After months of pushing the Biden administration to do more to pressure Israel to change its conduct in its war in Gaza, Democrats in Congress ultimately approved $26 billion in aid for Israel, including approximately $9 billion in global humanitarian aid . In the Senate, Sen.

Rosa DeLauro , Nanette Barragan , Zoe Lofgren , Tony Cardenas , and Robert Garcia Four others, including Pelosi, as well as Reps. Anna Eshoo , Sylvia Garcia , and Hayes released statements celebrating the passage of the series of national security bills without explicitly explaining or justifying their positions on Israel aid. Pelosi’s office published a transcript of her floor speech on Ukraine aid but did not mention Israel.

 

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