bdonvr@thelemmy.club to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoBiden plans to send $1bn arms shipment to Israelwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down124cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down7·6 months ago The package can be blocked by Congress if a majority in both chambers object. Reminder that Biden has already went around Congress this year to send weapons to Israel. Checks and balances only matter when it can be used to stop things voters want for some reason.
minus-squareanticolonialist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down2·6 months agoI doubt the Congress that’s taken multi millions in AIPAC money will vote against it.
minus-squarethejml@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoIn fact, the GOP Congress was going to push Biden to send this stuff if he didn’t relent: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-gop-pushes-bill-to-force-biden-to-continue-transfer-of-weapons-to-israel/ar-BB1mq29M?ocid=nl_article_link Biden’s trying to win over some undecided right leaning voters with this whole $1B deal and it’s sickening to his own party.
Reminder that Biden has already went around Congress this year to send weapons to Israel.
Checks and balances only matter when it can be used to stop things voters want for some reason.
I doubt the Congress that’s taken multi millions in AIPAC money will vote against it.
In fact, the GOP Congress was going to push Biden to send this stuff if he didn’t relent: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-gop-pushes-bill-to-force-biden-to-continue-transfer-of-weapons-to-israel/ar-BB1mq29M?ocid=nl_article_link
Biden’s trying to win over some undecided right leaning voters with this whole $1B deal and it’s sickening to his own party.