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Single Issue Voters will save the world! (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by Godric to c/politicalmemes

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[–] franklin 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Write your congressman if they are one of the members that forced the weapon shipments to restart.

In this case Joe Biden did not want to restart shipments but was forced by a Congressional resolution.

Here is a Reuters article covering the resolution, here is the house press release, here is the Congressional voting record.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Thanks for sharing this. I was absolutely shitting on Biden for this move, so I'm spreading this wherever I spread that.

Mea culpa for sure.

[–] franklin 2 points 7 months ago

It's alright, we're all learning.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This was a house vote, not a veto-overriding vote from both the house and senate. It did not force biden to do anything

[–] franklin 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Incorrect, he was holding back shipments purposefully, this forces shipments to begin again and while he could veto it given the overwhelming support it would have bought a couple days at best and if you read both of those articles it's very clear that that would have been the outcome.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The act is not expected to become law, but its passage underscored the deep U.S. election-year divide over Israel policy

"It is not a serious effort at legislation, which is why some of the most pro-Israel members of the House Democratic caucus will be voting no," House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries told a news conference before the vote.

This was just a house vote, you know it would need to pass the senate too before a veto and it didn't even win with a veto-overriding majority in the house.. Really not sure where you're getting the idea that this actually forces Biden's hand in any way