Pass the Taylor Force Act! Freeze Funding to Terrorists!

Last week, I published my thoughts on the #TaylorForceAct — https://medium.com/@BLPHL76/taylor-force-act-vote-and-passage-needed-a23a2a72e419 . 8 days later, there has been no movement whatsoever on the Hill related to this legislation as it sits in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Why isn’t every since member of #Congress working hard to get this legislation passed?
I get it, Healthcare is top of the agenda right now but Congress managed to squeeze in a vote for the recent sanctions bill against Russia, Iran and North Korea. But we can’t vote on freezing tax payer dollars that are directly funding terrorism in #Israel? Makes ZERO sense.
Of the 100 Co-Sponsors in the House, all are Republican.
Of the 18 Co-Sponsors in the Senate, 17 are Republican and 1 is Democrat.
Do the The Democrats in #Congress support #Israel? They say yes. They receive massive donations from #AIPAC and Pro-Israel donors and lobbying groups. Yet, there is no support on their side of the aisle for this bill. Why? I’m talking about you Chuck Schumer Nancy Pelosi Senator Bob Menendez U.S. Senator Bob Casey Senator Dianne Feinstein #BillNelson #SherrodBrown U.S. Senator Ben Cardin #KirstenGillibrand #JonTester
Equally as upsetting is I can’t seem to get anyone in the national or local media to help me bring this bill to light. I have called, emailed and tweeted every major news network and hosts. We are funding terrorists! Our foreign aid dollars are being sent to Palestinians who murder and commit violent acts against Israelis and Americans. Please help me and the Israeli people by bringing attention to this bill and freezing the funding to the Palestinian Authority. Please help me in honoring the memory of fallen U.S. Army Officer Taylor Force who was murder by a Palestinian. FOX News FNC Assignment Desk MSNBC NBC Politics ABC News VICE News Billy Penn USA TODAY The Boston Globe Wall Street Journal #NewYorkTimes #PhiladelphiaInquirer #PhillyDailyNews U.S. News #Breitbart #DrudgeReport #Politco #TheHill #Slate #TheBlaze The Huffington Post
This is a very straight forward bill. Please join me in calling your local representatives in Congress and telling them to pass the #TaylorForceAct.
Here is the Bill:
115th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 474
To condition assistance to the West Bank and Gaza on steps by the Palestinian Authority to end violence and terrorism against Israeli citizens.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 28, 2017
Mr. Graham (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Scott, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Burr, Mr. Thune, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Boozman) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
A BILL
To condition assistance to the West Bank and Gaza on steps by the Palestinian Authority to end violence and terrorism against Israeli citizens.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE WEST BANK AND GAZA.
Funds appropriated or otherwise made available for assistance under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; relating to Economic Support Fund) and available for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza may only be made available for such purpose if the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the Palestinian Authority —
(1) is taking credible steps to end acts of violence against Israeli citizens that are perpetrated by individuals under its jurisdictional control; and
(2) has terminated payments for acts of terrorism against Israeli citizens to any individual who has been imprisoned after being fairly tried and convicted for such acts of terrorism and to any individual who died committing such acts of terrorism, including to a family member of such individuals.
