House approves bill providing $1 billion for Israel's Iron Dome

Washington — The House on Thursday approved a bill providing $1 billion for Israel's Iron Dome defense system, two days after the funding was stripped from a short-term government spending bill amid objections from progressive lawmakers.

The measure cleared the House in a bipartisan vote of 420 to 9. Eight Democrats and one Republican voted against the funding for the missile defense system. Two other Democrats — Hank Johnson of Georgia and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York — voted "present."

House Democrats on Wednesday introduced the bill providing the $1 billion for Israel's Iron Dome after the provision was abruptly removed from government spending legislation Tuesday. Progressive lawmakers objected to its inclusion in the stopgap bill, known as a continuing resolution, which would keep the government funded through December 3 and suspends the debt limit until December 2022.