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Source: Newsweek
Progressive congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez apologized to her constituents for switching her "no" vote on Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system to "present" on Thursday.
Addressing her vote, Ocasio-Cortez said House leadership made a "reckless decision" in rushing the vote by calling it "within a matter of hours and without true consideration."
"I want to be clear that the decision to rush the votevirtually preventing any member from meaningfully consulting their communitywas both intentional and necessary," she wrote in a Friday letter to her constituents in New York's 14th congressional district.
She also criticized the legislative language for its "attempt to quietly slip this funding into routine legislation, without any of the usually-necessary committee debate, markup, or regular order."
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