With the ascension of Mike Johnson to the speakership, the House of Representatives finally got around to conducting some of the business that had piled up since Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. One of the chamber’s first orders of business was to respond, albeit belatedly, to the Hamas-led massacre of Israelis on October 7.
Last week, the House passed a resolution committing the U.S. to “standing with Israel” in its war against “Hamas and other terrorists” and calling on Hamas to cease its attacks on Israel and return all “living hostages.” Hardly the most objectionable series of aspirations, but the language was sufficient to convince nine Democratic members to oppose the resolution while another six registered their dissatisfaction by merely voting present. To this, one of the 412 House members who supported the resolution, Democrat Josh Gottheimer (N.J.), couldn’t contain his revulsion.
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