The House voted on Thursday to pass a bipartisan bill that would cut off federal funding for universities that participate in a boycott of Israel, with dozens of Democrats in favor. The bill passed 237 to 169, with almost all Republicans and 33 Democrats voting in favor. Democrats who voted “yes” included some of the most vocally pro-Israel and conservative lawmakers in the caucus.

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[–] 1 point 2 months ago

> every fucking Republican does something evil

Headline: TEN PERCENT OF DEMOCRATS DID SOMETHING EVIL!

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    [–] 26 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    he bill passed 237 to 169, with almost all Republicans and 33 Democrats voting in favor.

    Name and shame all of them.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago* (1 child)
    • Jake Auchincloss (Massachusetts)
    • Kathy Castor (Florida)
    • Gilbert Ray Cisneros Jr. (California)
    • Jim Costa (California)
    • Joe Courtney (Connecticut)
    • Henry Cuellar (Texas)
    • Donald G. Davis (North Carolina)
    • Lois Frankel (Florida)
    • Laura Gillen (New York)
    • Jared F. Golden (Maine)
    • Vicente Gonzalez (Texas)
    • Greg Landsman (Ohio)
    • George Latimer (New York)
    • Susie Lee (Nevada)
    • John W. Mannion (New York)
    • Jared Moskowitz (Florida)
    • Donald Norcross (New Jersey)
    • Jimmy Panetta (California)
    • Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington)
    • Josh Riley (New York)
    • Bradley Scott Schneider (Illinois)
    • Hillary J. Scholten (Michigan)
    • Kim Schrier (Washington)
    • Brad Sherman (California)
    • Darren Soto (Florida)
    • Haley M. Stevens (Michigan)
    • Thomas R. Suozzi (New York)
    • Shri Thanedar (Michigan)
    • Dina Titus (Nevada)
    • Ritchie Torres (New York)
    • Juan Vargas (California)
    • Eugene Simon Vindman (Virginia)
    • Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Florida)
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  • [–] 22 points 2 months ago

    Fuck Israel and fuck AIPAC.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago

    It’s almost like a foreign country has undue influence over both parties…

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Are there even universities doing that?

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Funny you should ask!

    Notably, Democratic Rep. Bobby Scott (Virginia) observed during committee markup of the bill that “there has not been a single case of an American college or university administration adopting the BDS movement policies that are described in the bill.”

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    From below:

    • Jake Auchincloss (Massachusetts)
    • Kathy Castor (Florida)
    • Gilbert Ray Cisneros Jr. (California)
    • Jim Costa (California)
    • Joe Courtney (Connecticut)
    • Henry Cuellar (Texas)
    • Donald G. Davis (North Carolina)
    • Lois Frankel (Florida)
    • Laura Gillen (New York)
    • Jared F. Golden (Maine)
    • Vicente Gonzalez (Texas)
    • Greg Landsman (Ohio)
    • George Latimer (New York)
    • Susie Lee (Nevada)
    • John W. Mannion (New York)
    • Jared Moskowitz (Florida)
    • Donald Norcross (New Jersey)
    • Jimmy Panetta (California)
    • Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington)
    • Josh Riley (New York)
    • Bradley Scott Schneider (Illinois)
    • Hillary J. Scholten (Michigan)
    • Kim Schrier (Washington)
    • Brad Sherman (California)
    • Darren Soto (Florida)
    • Haley M. Stevens (Michigan)
    • Thomas R. Suozzi (New York)
    • Shri Thanedar (Michigan)
    • Dina Titus (Nevada)
    • Ritchie Torres (New York)
    • Juan Vargas (California)
    • Eugene Simon Vindman (Virginia)
    • Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Florida)

    This was posted by MumboJumbo

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Rather destroy the education system because you're afraid of smart people pointing out your hypocrisy.

    Smart plan, so sustainable too

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    This the the closest thing Congress can do to boycotting those universities. For boycotting something else. So they're doing that, and it's funny in a shitty depressing misanthropic way.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Fuck Laura Gillen and fuck these Democrats.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    "only republicans are the problem"

    "vote blue no matter who"

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    They must have a shitload of dirt on all these scumbags. Of course they are scumbags so it probably wasn't hard to find.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Another sign the corruption runs rampant on both sides...

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Bad word choice. There is corruption on both parties, but saying it's rampant is just objectively not true. When the numbers are so different between the two, statements like yours are just both sidesing the issue and effectively softens the criticism towards Republicans.

    Name and shame the individuals rather than 80% of the party that didn't vote for this.

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