The vote resulted in some obvious losers, including every pro-Israel and Jewish establishment organization that spent days whipping against the amendment to little avail. Nobody is more identifiable with this camp than AIPAC: Nearly a dozen of the 103 votes came from Democrats it had previously endorsed.
Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced legislation to honor the men of the USS Liberty. The Massie resolution recognizes the fallen members of the USS Liberty’s crew by name and urges the President to declassify and publicly release all records related to Israel’s unprovoked attack on the ship.
Section 219 creates a framework for permanent military integration that weakens American sovereignty, blurs constitutional accountability, and places the nation’s independent decision making at risk.
A House vote on Massie’s amendment would put lawmakers on the record at a time when Americans are more leery about aid to Israel than ever.
It is unclear if or when the Senate will next vote on its own version of the bill or take up this House version, which is a concurrent resolution and therefore does not necessarily have the force of law and does not go to the president to sign
AIPAC does not have to single-handedly decide an election to shape its outcome. Its power lies in changing the conditions under which the election is fought.