Amendment to cut aid to the Palestinian Authority
House Bill, H.R. 2872 (Senate amendment)
What it did
This amendment to a January 2024 stopgap funding bill would have limited United States assistance to the Palestinian Authority and any other Palestinian governing body. That assistance pays teachers' and health workers' salaries in the West Bank and funds the security coordination the United States itself asked for. A yes vote cut the civilian money.
A no vote kept it.
The Senate rejected the amendment 44-50 on January 18, 2024.
At the time of this vote, ~24,700 innocent people had been confirmed murdered in Gaza, including more than 10,000 children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
Result: Rejected 44-50
At the time of this vote: ~24,700 innocent people murdered (~10,000+ young children murdered)
The humane vote: No (NAY)