geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 23 hours agoAOC voted against MTG’s amendment to strip Israel funding from the Defense Appropriations Act of 2026lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down124
arrow-up1114arrow-down1external-linkAOC voted against MTG’s amendment to strip Israel funding from the Defense Appropriations Act of 2026lemmy.mlgeneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 23 hours agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·22 hours agoI 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
minus-squareZaktor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-222 hours agoThe title of this post says it’s amending the Defense Appropriations Act of 2026.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·21 hours agoWhen 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
minus-squareZaktor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 hours agoThat’s not what that link said, nor is that how amendments or funding works.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·12 hours agoMy 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.
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.