• Strawberry
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    6 months ago

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

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      6 months ago

      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.

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        6 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