About the resolution
Two recent and competing congressional measures, both introduced the same week, exemplify a dichotomy in U.S. political stances towards the burgeoning Israel war.
Context
Many have nicknamed the day “Israel’s 9/11.” On October 7, Palestinian terrorist group Hamas launched a series of coordinated attacks against Israel, the deadliest day in Israel’s history with around 1,300 fatalities.
Initiated from Gaza, the region Hamas has effectively controlled since 2006, terrorists broke through border barriers to kill Israeli civilians with weapons, while launching 3,000 rockets at Israeli targets.
Hamas terrorists also took civilians hostage to hide them in Gaza — mostly Israelis, though also some Americans.
In the immediate aftermath, as the Israeli government officially declared war for the first time since 1973, American public opinion was overwhelmingly on …
Sponsor and status
118th Congress (2023–2025)
This resolution was introduced on October 25, 2023, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.
18 Cosponsors (18 Democrats)
History
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Oct. 16, 2023
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.
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Oct. 25, 2023
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Text Published
Updated bill text was published as of Introduced. |
H.Res. 786 (118th) was a simple resolution in the United States Congress.
A simple resolution is used for matters that affect just one chamber of Congress, often to change the rules of the chamber to set the manner of debate for a related bill. It must be agreed to in the chamber in which it was introduced. It is not voted on in the other chamber and does not have the force of law.
Resolutions numbers restart every two years. That means there are other resolutions with the number H.Res. 786. This is the one from the 118th Congress.
This simple resolution was introduced in the 118th Congress, which met from Jan. 3, 2023 to Jan. 3, 2025. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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