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Stroll around the Capitol on a Saturday, and you’ll find
it relatively subdued – lawmakers usually head home to tend to their districts.
Not today. The hill was a hive of activity.
As lawmakers cast their votes in the
chamber, outside supporters of Ukraine aid waved blue and yellow flags.
On the
other side of the street stood protesters against unfettered military aid to
Israel. Among them, Marion Ingram, who told us “I’m a German holocaust survivor
and I’ve experienced every single thing the Gazans are experiencing.”
Nevertheless, all bills passed today, and cheers
rung out in the chamber.
“That was from the Democrats,” California’s congresswoman Sydney
Kamlager-Dove, told us.
“Republicans were more sombre,” she added.
Indeed, a majority of
the Republican House representatives voted against sending more aid to Ukraine. But – with Democratic support, the nays were outnumbered.
Copyright: Cai Pigliucci