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Majority Leader Hoyer Pressured Rep. Gottheimer to Vote ‘No’ on Israel Security Funding Sources on House floor say lawmaker was pressured to change his vote House majority leader Steny Hoyer (D., Md.) / Getty Images Adam Kredo • May 25, 2021 1:30 pm Democratic House majority leader Steny Hoyer (Md.) pressured Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D., N.J.) to vote against last week s Republican-led effort to provide Israel with emergency funding for its Iron Dome missile defense system, according to multiple sources who witnessed a heated exchange between the two on the House floor. Gottheimer initially broke ranks with the Democrats to vote with Republicans in support of an amendment that would have paved the way for Israel to receive more than $300 million in emergency dollars for its missile defense programs. The measure, which was offered as an amendment to a bill to increase security in and around the Capitol complex, ultimately failed last Thursday along a mostly party-line

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