Israel cease-fire resolution finds Angie Nixon under fire in House
A Jacksonville Democrat took flack in the House Special Session for her proposed resolution (HR 31C) supporting a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas conflict, ahead of a 104-2 vote against it.
Rep. Angie Nixon’s measure “calling for an immediate de-escalation and cease-fire in Israel and occupied Palestine” united Republicans and even some Democrats, who made their cases that Israel’s retaliation to the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks was justified and should continue until the Benjamin Netanyahu government’s strategic aims are satisfied.
In emotional introductory remarks that ran approximately three minutes, Nixon stressed her public condemnation of the Hamas “terrorist attacks.”
“I filed this reso...
