Below you will find information regarding far-left Democrats’ latest move to cut funding for Israel’s defense, when tensions are already high and time short to push a spending bill through to keep the government funded.

The following is an excerpt from Breitbart, written by Jacob Bliss. 

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The far-left Democrats forced out provisions to fund Israel’s Iron Dome from the continuing resolution (CR) that would keep the government funded and raise the debt ceiling…

According to Army Technology, “Iron Dome provides defence[sic] against short-range missiles and rockets which pose a threat to the civilian population,” such as those fired from Gaza earlier this year…

…Democrats told the Democrat leadership they would not vote for the bill if it included the $1 billion funding for the…Dome, which caused the Rules Committee to go into recess.

NEW: A little bit of drama with the Dem passage of the CR/ Debt ceiling in the House. A group of progressives have told leadership they will not vote for the bill if it includes $1b in funding for Israel’s Iron Dome. The flap has led to the Rules Committee to go into recess.

— Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) September 21, 2021

The CR has been revised with the Iron Dome provision taken out.

The…members leading this effort have been Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)…

There was funding in the bill to replace the missiles used from the Iron Done in May from the Hamas attack on the Jewish state….

The following is an excerpt from an article written by Elizabeth Elkind of Daily Mail.

…The US was forced into crisis talks with Israel in the fallout, with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer reportedly telling Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid the removal of funds from the stopgap bill was only a ‘technical delay.’…

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Pramila Jayapal of Washington are leading the blockade…

Funding for the Iron Dome will instead be included in Congress’ bipartisan fiscal year 2022 defense bill, House Appropriations Chair Rep. Rosa DeLauro said on Tuesday…

Top Republican lawmakers have already panned Democrats for capitulating to the progressive wing.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy wrote on Twitter, ‘Democrats just pulled funding from the Iron Dome—the missile defense system that has saved countless lives in Israel from Hamas’ rocket attacks.

‘While Dems capitulate to the antisemitic influence of their radical members, Republicans will always stand with Israel.’

Rep. Elise Stafanik, who heads the House Republican Conference, labeled Democrats ‘the party attacking Israel and their inherent right to self-defense.’…

Rep. August Pfluger of Texas said, ‘Democrats don’t support the Iron Dome anymore. Does that mean they want rockets to hit civilians? This party gets more radical by the day.’

Republican leaders in the House quickly spoke out in outrage after Democrats pulled the provision

Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who vowed to filibuster the measure when it got to the Senate, accused Democratic leaders of surrendering to progressives…

Along with money to keep federal agencies running and their employees paid, the 93-page spending bill also includes $28.6 billion in disaster aid and $6.3 billion to help resettle Afghan refugees.

The measure would also suspend the debt ceiling until after the midterm elections, December 2022…

That group reportedly includes progressive Democrats who signed a resolution in May aimed at blocking a $735 weapons sale to Israel during deadly violence between Israel and Hamas.

Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib and Rep. Mark Pocan were the resolution’s lead sponsors…

Lawmakers missed a July deadline to raise or suspend the debt ceiling, forcing the US Treasury into extraordinary measures to keep up the flow of dollars through government…

With just a narrow majority, they can only afford to lose three votes to still get it through.

But moderate Democrats are already bristling at the sudden change in direction.

‘Iron Dome is a defensive system used by one of our closest allies to save civilian lives. It needs to be replenished because thousands of rockets were fired by the Hamas terrorists who control Gaza,’ Rep. Ted Deutch of Florida wrote on Twitter Tuesday…

Michigan Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin said taking issue with funding for the Iron Dome comes from a ‘desire to attack’ anything related to Israel rather than a ‘genuine concern…

‘Whatever your views on the Israeli-Pal conflict, using a system that just saved hundreds, if not thousands, of lives as a political chit is problematic,’ Slotkin said.

She highlighted that continued support of the Iron Dome was part of a 2016 memorandum negotiated under the Obama administration…

Even if the legislation passes the House today, it faces an uphill battle in the Senate where Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed Republicans will oppose it…

Designed to stop short-range missiles from Gaza, the Iron Dome came under one of its most significant tests this past May as tensions between Israel and Hamas reached a deadly boiling point.

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