By MEE staff
Published date: 18 July 2025 20:59 BSTHardline America Firster and staunch Trump supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene voted alongside progressive Democrat Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar to strip Israel of $500m in US funding, hours after it bombed the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza.
The House of Representatives, however, rejected in a 422-6 vote on Thursday, to cut funding for the Israeli Cooperative Program - an agreement through which the US provides Israel with $500m to boost its missile programmes.
It is a separate allocation from the $3.3bn the US sends Israel as “security assistance” every year.
I wonder if I’ll see AOC’s name mentioned in this, now that there’s a firm gestalt that they’re really pushing to establish linking her to Israel for made-up reasons.
I wonder if I’ll see clarification about the final house vote, not on the amendment to strip a tiny amount of Israel’s budget, but on the full version including tons of aid to Israel, and who it was that voted against that massive chunk of aid to Israel.
My prediction is “yes” and “no.” Brb.
Okay. Answers are “no” and “no,” I was half right. For reference here is the final vote on the full bill, including billions of dollars more aid for Israel:
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025212