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House Resolution Calls Criticism of Israel Antisemitism

One thing didn’t change among the United States congressional top leaders, Democrat and Republican, after the election of a new US House of Representatives Speaker — their unanimous over-the-top commitment to the US government supporting Israel unconditionally. Thus, the congressional top leaders are likely increasingly concerned about both ongoing large war-related protests in which many people express criticism of the Israel government and the majority of Americans opposing the US sending weapons and supplies to Israel to aid it in its war effort.

How to counter the resistance to the US giving Israel more and more money, intelligence, and weapons? A resolution being considered in the US House of Representatives provides some of the answer: call criticism of Israel antisemitism.

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House of Representatives OKs the US Going to War against Iran

The days of congressional declarations of war are long gone, not passed for any of the many United States wars since World War II. In recent decades, Congress has passed authorizations for use of military force (AUMFs) to hand over to the executive branch discretion to choose to go to war against a certain county or to achieve a certain objective. AUMFs provide Congress members distance from the ensuing wars so they can duck responsibility or claim credit after reviewing measured public opinion.

Did the AUMF system reach a new low this week with the House of Representatives approving a resolution apparently authorizing the executive branch to go to war against Iran?

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After Congressional Leadership Changes, Supporting Israel Remains the Message

In July of last year, I wrote about how among top Republican and Democratic leaders of the United States House of Representatives and Senate “the support for the government of Israel appears unanimous and over the top” even though polling indicates Americans are pretty evenly divided between having favorable and negative views of the Israel government.

Here we are a year later, and the situation seems the same as before.

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Rep. Thomas Massie Says ‘No’ to ‘Border Security’ Bill Including E-Verify Mandate

Rep. Thomas Masse (R-KY) has declared he will vote against the Secure the Border Act (HR 2) scheduled for a vote this week at the United State House of Representatives. Massie’s reason offered for opposing the bill is that the bill includes a mandate that employers use E-Verify when hiring people.

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House ‘Border Security’ Bill Provides for a Big Step Toward War in Mexico

A provision in the Secure the Border Act (HR 2) scheduled for a vote on the United States House of Representatives floor this week provides for a big step toward the US government going to war in Mexico.

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The House of Representatives Remains Hooked on Expanding the President’s Sanctioning Power

Some things changed in the United States House of Representatives after Republicans gained the majority in January. But, one thing that has remained the same as during the previous years of Democratic leadership is that the House is committed to handing over to the executive branch, even when the executive branch is under the control as now of a president of another party than the House majority, the power to impose more and more sanctions across the world.

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Revisiting Ron Paul’s 2004 House Floor Speech Calling for Disbanding NATO, ‘the Sooner the Better’

On March 30, 2004 — just over 19 years ago, then-Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) concluded a United Sates House of Representatives statement with a strong admonition regarding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and US involvement in it.

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House Members to Send Letter Calling for Termination of Effort to Prosecute Julian Assange

A Thursday report by Ryan Grim at The Intercept relates that Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is seeking cosigners for a letter to United States Attorney General Merrick Garland calling on him to “uphold the First Amendment’s protections for the freedom of the press by dropping the criminal charges against Australian publisher Julian Assange and withdrawing the American extradition request currently pending with the British government.”

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New House Resolution Says US Should Stop Sending Money and Weapons to Ukraine

Enough is enough; the United States should stop aiding Ukraine financially and militarily. That is the stand of eleven House members who are the original backers of the Ukraine Fatigue Resolution in the United States House of Representatives.

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The Outrageous Removing of Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee

The United States House of Representatives approved on Thursday a resolution (H. Res. 76) that removes Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from the House’s Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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