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The Hill reports: “House Democratic leadership on Tuesday urged members to vote according to their conscience on a controversial amendment to cut U.S. funding for Israel, underscoring deep divisions in the caucus over America’s relations with the Middle Eastern country.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a fiscal hawk, sponsored the amendment, seeking to add it to a national security and State Department spending bill that is expected to come up for a vote this week. The text of Massie’s amendment says none of the funds of the act will be made available for Israel and lowers overall spending in the bill by $3.3 billion…”

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