General Discussion

... but foreign policy is where the fabric of the "Big Tent" of our party stretches the thinnest. These 'Nay' voters generally fall into two camps:

The Frontliners who represent competitive swing districts. A 'Yea' vote on a war powers resolution would be weaponized by the GOP to flip their seats in the next election, handing the gavel back to Republicans.

The Institutionalists who genuinely believe that restricting executive military authority harms our strategic alliances and national defense posture.

I do not believe it's correct to suggest that they "don't care about justice"... instead, it's that they are balancing local political survival, (representing the views of the voters in the districts that voted for them) along with having a more traditional, hawkish view of American foreign policy.

I think it's worth mentioning that campaign finance data shows these members aren't funded by any single entity... in fact, their budgets are spread across thousands of individual donors and traditional PACs. Although AIPAC is often a scapegoat... the fact is that they do not buy their votes. Instead they simply support the Democrats who already agree with their policy goals.

Our big tent has a deep ideological divide. It's not a financial takeover despite what others say.