{"id":1973089,"date":"2023-07-14T13:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T17:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-down-amendment-stopping-cluster-bombs-going-to-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T13:16:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T17:16:06","slug":"house-votes-down-amendment-stopping-cluster-bombs-going-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-down-amendment-stopping-cluster-bombs-going-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"House rejects amendment banning cluster bomb exports to Ukraine."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-votes-down-amendment-stopping-cluster-bombs-going-to-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1973089&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0714\/7d36b383-5086-400a-9881-7f98d572b7da\/audio.mp3?length=3575277&#038;duration=298\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. House of Representatives voted down an amendment that would have prohibited the transfer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nato-countries-disagree-with-biden-decision-to-provide-ukraine-with-controversial-cluster-munitions\/\" title=\"NATO nations oppose Biden's choice to supply Ukraine with contentious cluster munitions.\">controversial cluster munitions<\/a> to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday night, the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/amendment\/118th-congress\/house-amendment\/243\/actions?s=a&#038;r=11\">voted<\/a> 147-276 on an amendment to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to stop the flow of U.S. cluster munitions to Ukrainian forces. The amendment, introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), came days after President Joe Biden\u2019s administration announced its approval for transfers of cluster munitions known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-assisting-ukraine-on-its-counteroffensive-plans\/\" title=\"U.S. Assisting Ukraine On Its Counteroffensive Plans\">dual-purpose improved conventional munitions<\/a> (DPICMs) for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>98 Republicans and 49 Democrats supported Ms. Greene\u2019s NDAA amendment. 121 Republicans and 155 Democrats opposed it.<\/p>\n<p>After the Biden administration approved the DPICM transfers to Ukraine on July 7, several Democrats in the House Progressive Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/rep-matt-gaetz-backs-democrat-led-effort-to-block-biden-admin-sending-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine_5389072.html\">introduced an amendment<\/a> that would have prohibited U.S. transfers of cluster munitions to any country. Ms. Greene\u2019s amendment was more narrowly geared toward stopping cluster munitions transfers to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<h2>Controversial Weapons<\/h2>\n<p>Cluster munitions are controversial because they release a spray of smaller bomblets, known as submunitions, that don\u2019t always explode as intended when they\u2019re released. These unexploded submunitions can pose a risk of detonating years later, long after their intended use, potentially maiming or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-ignores-law-to-sanction-hamas-and-hezbollah-for-civilian-shield-use-lawmakers-say\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Ignores Law To Sanction Hamas and Hezbollah for Civilian Shield Use, Lawmakers Say\">killing innocent civilians<\/a> who stumble upon them later on. Human rights organizations like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2023\/07\/ukraine-us-plan-to-transfer-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine-undermines-international-efforts-to-safeguard-civilians-from-indiscriminate-weapons\/#:~:text=after%20armed%20conflicts.%E2%80%9D-,Amnesty%20International%20has%20long%20stressed%20that%20cluster%20munitions%20are%20inherently,decades%20after%20conflicts%20have%20ended.\">Amnesty International<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/legacy\/backgrounder\/arms\/clusters0704\/2.htm\">Human Rights Watch<\/a> consider cluster munitions to be indiscriminate killers, and more than 100 nations <a href=\"https:\/\/treaties.unoda.org\/t\/cluster_munitions\">have signed<\/a> onto the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), which prohibits their use.<\/p>\n<p>The United States and Ukraine are not signatories to this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-down-amendment-stopping-cluster-bombs-going-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"House rejects amendment banning cluster bomb exports to Ukraine.\">international agreement opposing cluster munitions<\/a>. The leaders of several U.S.-allied nations that are signatories to the CCM have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/we-do-not-support-world-leaders-turn-against-biden-for-giving-ukraine-cluster-bombs_5383343.html\">criticized the Biden administration\u2019s decisions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1679644491991400449\">speech<\/a> urging the passage of her amendment on Thursday, Ms. Greene characterized cluster munitions as \u201cbrutal, inhumane weapons that cause lasting harm to civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s next, chemical or biological weapons? Nuclear weapons?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Greene also argued that sending these weapons to Ukraine would continue to escalate the conflict with Russia rather than pushing the warring sides toward peace talks.<\/p>\n<p>While announcing the decision to start transferring cluster munitions to Ukraine on July 7, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2023\/07\/07\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-5\/\">told<\/a> reporters that the military had selected DPICMs with a \u201cdud rate\u201d of no more than 2.5 percent, meaning there\u2019d be a relatively low chance of submunitions failing to explode when they\u2019re initially released. Mr. Sullivan said Russian forces have already been using cluster munitions against Ukraine and that their cluster munitions, by comparison, can have a dud rate of between 30 and 40 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recognize that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-faces-strong-opposition-from-his-own-party-on-cluster-munitions\/\" title=\"Biden's Party Opposes Cluster Munitions\">cluster munitions create<\/a> a risk of civilian harm from unexploded ordnance,\u201d Mr. Sullivan said. \u201cThis is why we\u2019ve deferred\u2014deferred the decision for as long as we could. But there is also a mas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. House rejected a proposal to ban the transfer of contentious cluster munitions to Ukraine. With a vote of 147-276, the amendment to the 2024 NDAA aimed to halt the provision of these munitions to Ukrainian forces. Rep. 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