Santa Barbara Congressmember Salud Carbajal Votes Against Military Aid to Israel
Failed House Spending Bill Would Have Stripped $3.3 Billion in Offensive Military Assistance to IsraelSanta Barbara Congressmember Salud Carbajal voted in favor of an amendment to a House spending bill for the State Department that would have stripped $3.3 billion in offensive military assistance to Israel to protest the wholesale violence visited upon Gaza and Lebanon by Israeli armed forces at the direction of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. To date, Israel’s military response to the Hamas attack of October…
Santa Barbara Congressmember Salud Carbajal voted in favor of an amendment to a House spending bill that would have stripped $3.3 billion in offensive military assistance to Israel. The amendment, authored by Republican Thomas Massei, was ultimately defeated by a vote of 314 to 104, though 103 Democrats supported it. Carbajal stated, "We cannot continue to provide Netanyahu a blank check. I remain deeply opposed to how Netanyahu has conducted this war." This vote reflects growing dissent within the Democratic Party regarding Israel's military actions in Gaza, which Carbajal noted has resulted in a "devastating humanitarian crisis."
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