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Sign the petition: Rep. Keating voted to block U.S. funding for Israel's military

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  Tell Rep. Keating: More than 100 U.S. Representatives voted last week to block $3.3 billion in military funding for Israel. It's a seismic shift, bringing Congress closer to ending U.S. complicity with Israel's atrocities in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Iran. Sign the petition: Thank you Rep. Keating for voting to reject $3.3 billion in tax dollars for the Israeli military. ADD YOUR NAME The House of Representatives had a chance to deny funding for the Israeli military and stop supporting Israel's atrocities in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Iran. 104 lawmakers, including your representative, voted to reject $3.3 billion in taxpayer funding for Israel, a historic show of opposition to America's unconditional support for Israel's genocidal violence. 1 Rep. Keating took a courageous stand that we can build on to finally stop our government from sending billions in weapons and our tax dollars to the Israeli military. It’s important that we show Rep. Keating...
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Tax cap reform and four more stories: The Saturday Send - July 25, 2026

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  ADVERTISEMENT The Saturday Send ADVERTISEMENT Welcome back to the Saturday Send, a weekly digest of stories from CommonWealth Beacon that you may have missed. This week, Chris Lisinski reported on a late-term push led by Senator Jason Lewis to repeal a law that establishes a tax revenue cap. In 2022, the law known as Chapter 62F forced Beacon Hill to return nearly $3 billion to taxpayers. House Speaker Ron Mariano acknowledged the repeal’s controversial nature, and Sen. Lewis has since redrafted his amendment on Chapter 62F. Plus, the City of Boston partnered with the US Army Corps of Engineers to draft a plan that would shore up the most flood-prone parts of Boston – some 20,000 buildings and 40 percent of the city; voters will see nine questions on their November ballots after a campaign to recriminalize recreational marijuana survived yet another challenge; seven health insurance plans in the “ merged market ” will face double-digit premium hikes for the second year in a ...
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