* The House passed the Iron Dome bill in an overwhelming 420 to 9 majority
* Rep. Rashida Tlaib went after the bill because its text expresses a US endorsement of the Israeli military's rocket campaign against Gaza in May
* Rep. Ted Deutch, a moderate Democrat, condemned Tlaib on the House floor
* Tlaib is the only Palestinian-American elected official in Congress
* She called Israel an 'apartheid state' that the US was 'enabling' Wednesday night
* $1 billion was originally allocated toward the Iron Dome in Democrats' continuing resolution to avert a partial government shutdown
* It was swiftly removed from the bill after progressives threatened to tank it
The House approved sending Israel $1 billion for its Iron Dome defense system by an overwhelming 420 to 9 majority after Progressive Rep. Rashida Tlaib was accused of anti-semitism by a member of her
Among the 'no' votes were Tlaib and her fellow Squad members Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was one of two 'present' votes.
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WNU Editor: Progressive Democrats are voicing their objection to their funding .... Rashida Tlaib denounces Iron Dome funding bill for ‘apartheid’ Israel (Times of Israel).
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