House Overwhelmingly Approves Amendment That Bars State Department From Citing Gaza Ministry of Health’s Death Toll

The amendment was supported by more than 60 members of the Democratic caucus.

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Representative Jared Moskowitz during a press conference on December 13, 2023, at Washington, D.C. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Congressional Integrity Project

House Republicans will head into budget negotiations with Senator Schumer with an amendment supported by dozens of Democrats that could actually become law — a prohibition on the Department of State using the Gaza Ministry of Health’s death toll for the war in Israel.

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