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Iron Dome funding gets caught up in Democratic infighting — but this aid to Israel was never in question

JL;DR SUMMARY The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to grant $1 billion to Israel for its Iron Dome missile defense system with significant bipartisan support, despite earlier Democratic infighting. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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U.S. Israel RelationsU.S. House Of RepresentativesAlexandria Ocasio CortezIron DomeMilitary AidNaftali BennettProgressive DemocratsJewish Democratic Council Of AmericaBipartisanshipRosa Delauro

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Connecticut, United States
"Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, a Democrat from Connecticut who sponsored Thursdays bill, said on the House floor that Republicans would have refused to support the stopgap measure even if it would have included the Iron Dome funding."
New York, United States
"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, who was part of the group that threatened to vote against the stopgap measure if it included Iron Dome funding, voted present on the standalone vote."
Kentucky, United States
"One Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, voted against the bill."
Israel
"In the end, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Thursday for a bill to send $1 billion to Israel for its Iron Dome defense system."
Gaza, Northern District, Israel
"Rubin, who served as the State Departments legislative liaison to the House during the 2014 war between Israel and Gaza, said that while there is certainly a growing critique of Israel within Democratic circles, progressives are miscalculating if they think curtailing or even delaying Iron Dome funding is going to advance their goals in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."

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