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103 House Democrats voted Wednesday for a State Department amendment that would have barred all U.S.
Paired against 98 Democratic "no" votes, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the tally shows a caucus that leadership cannot comfortably claim to lead on this issue.
Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) introduced the amendment; it contained no carve-out for non-military or diplomatic spending.
The vote math | Position | Democrats | |---|---| | Voted yes (bar all Israel funds) | 103 | | Voted no | 98 | | Projected yes, absent Jeffries letter | 150 (per Axios reporting) | One Democratic lawmaker involved in defeating the measure told Axios that Jeffries' written opposition moved 30 to 40 fence-sitters to a "no." The distance between 103 actual "yes" votes and the projected 150 implies Jeffries held roughly 47 votes.
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