Record number of Dems vote to scrutinize Israeli violence in West Bank
Responsible Statecraft · north america
Every Senate Democrat but one voted to advance a resolution that would have forced the State Department to produce a report regarding violence against American citizens, as well as other Israeli violations of human rights, in the West Bank. With only Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), however, crossing party lines to support the measure, the resolution failed by a vote of 47-51.Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who has consistently been the lone Democratic holdout on a series of Iran war powers votes, once again broke with his party.Though the resolution ultimately failed, the vote count is nonetheless yet an
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