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Senate Democrats block International Criminal Court sanctions bill in response to Netanyahu warrant (edition.cnn.com)

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Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted to filibuster a GOP-led bill to sanction International Criminal Court officials. The measure was designed to punish the ICC for issuing arrest warrants for top Israeli officials.

In the end, the only Democrat to vote for the measure was Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, meaning it fell far short of the 60 votes needed to advance. The final tally was 54-45. “I don’t know why anyone wouldn’t want to vote for this and support Israel,” said Fetterman, who is staunchly pro-Israel.

Two freshmen Democratic senators, Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Ruben Gallego of Arizona, who voted for the same measure last year when they were in the House, also voted no.

The House passed the ICC sanctions bill in the last session of Congress by a 247-155 vote, with 42 Democrats joining Republicans in support, but it was not brought to a vote in the Senate, which was then under Democratic control. Congressional Republicans brought it back up now that they control both the House and the Senate.

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 12 points 1 week ago

Republicans and MAGAts are such fucking babies. They already won, but they still have to lash out at anyone who attempted to do anything good or right. Their poor feefee's...

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

Completely false headline, but that's what we expect from all the right-wing controlled news orgs now. The real reason Dems are blocking the bill is because it was written so broadly that they're afraid the measure could also be weaponized against American corporations.

Gee I wonder where they got the idea that anyone in the current administration would ever weaponize the government against its own people?