Congresswoman Hillary Scholten just voted to for a bill that cements genocide as official US policy.

On Friday, 185 Democrats and 101 Republicans voted in favor of H.R. 2882, a $1.2 Trillion spending bill that is 1.012 pages long.

A total of 112 Republicans and just 22 Democrats voted against this bill, with most of the Democrats opposing the legislation being from the Progressive Caucus.

One of the main reasons why members of the Democratic Progressive Caucus voted against H.R. 2882 was because of what it included regarding the Israeli genocide being committed against the Palestinians. There were three essential aspects of H.R. 2882, which are relevant to the US support for Israel’s current genocidal campaign: 

• The legislation gives Israel $3.8 billion in weapons.
• The legislation defunds UNRWA while Palestinians are starving.
• The legislation defunds a UN investigation into Israel’s violations of international law.
• The legislation sanctions the UN Human Rights Council if it highlights Israeli abuses. 

According to Stephen Semler, a co-founder of the Security Policy Reform Institute, the adoption of H.R. 2882, “cements genocide as official US policy.”

Oh, and by the way, both Michigan Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow voted for the Senate version of the $1.2 Trillion spending bill just after midnight on Friday, which was then signed by President Biden on Saturday.

Interestingly enough, in her weekly newsletter, Rep. Scholten said nothing about what was in the $1.2 trillion spending bill and only complained about Republicans did. Rep. Scholten said nothing about voting for another massive US military budget, and most importantly, she said nothing about US military aid to Israel and the other three points listed above. It seems that Rep.m Scholten is ok with the Israeli genocide against the Palestinians, especially since she has been voting for it and justifying it since she went on her AIPAC-funded trip last August.