ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA
ZOA Hails Overwhelming House Vote for Keeping U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem
October 2, 2023

The ZOA strongly commends Rep. Claudia Tenney and 360 Democratic and Republican House members for sponsoring and voting to prohibit moving the U.S. embassy out of Jerusalem under any conditions. The vote came as an amendment to the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 (H. R. 4665) which passed the House of Representatives on September 28th. It must now be reconciled with the Senate version of the bill, which has not yet passed, and does not yet contain the equivalent provision. The vast majority of the Democrats (141 members) supported the amendment. Sixty-seven Democrats, including former Speaker Pelosi, opposed the amendment. READ MORE