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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQuestion? can anyone or any organization stop the $ that congress just approved to send Israel?
I don't know the answer, sure someone here does.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)He might steal it and keep it for himself.
Bryant
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)4now
(1,596 posts)xiamiam
(4,906 posts)I know you don't have a crystal ball, I'm just wondering about the logistics of the us aiding and if events that happened in these past three weeks are eventually determined to be war crimes, before the money was allocated?
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)Under the Constitution, Congress has control of the national checkbook. The president would have to veto any spending bill, which in this case would likely be - unfortunately - politically untenable.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)which country they pledge allegiance to.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Bloomberg - good question particularly since the US does not recognize dual nationality.
Loudly
(2,436 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)I was not aware of this part
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)It's amazing how many recite every anti-Semitic trope that has been handed do through the ages but they act with feigned indignation when their anti-Semitism is pointed out.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)840high
(17,196 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)Sarcasm back at ya!
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)Such a thing would be discovered and would cost that person the election. I would bet that not one member of Congress holds dual citizenship.
Go see if you can find anyone. Bet you can't.
HubertHeaver
(2,522 posts)HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)she renounced it in May of 2012 after about 2 months of being Swiss-American (which appropriately sounds decidedly cheezy).
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)yourself "wondering" along with?
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)Not presenting evidence. It's telling that only Israeli dual citizenship is mentioned, too.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)whether the Kennedys would "answer to Rome" and just as ignorant.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)Speculation and innuendo with no factual basis. Bullshit, in other words.
JI7
(89,264 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)I'd be curious to know what the consensus is.
JI7
(89,264 posts)support candidates who oppose it.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)I highly recommend becoming familiar with it for all DUers.
mwrguy
(3,245 posts)than AIPAC.
Not even the NRA has that much juice.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)I think pro-Israel and NRA would come in maybe 9th and 10th respectively.