I predicted three weeks ago
that the Senate bill on the Middle East, which was rejected three times
while the government was shutdown, would quickly receive cloture by a
comfortable margin to end debate and proceed to a full vote in the
Senate after the federal bureaucracy reopened. That has proven to be the case. Senate Bill S.1 was approved on January 29th 76 for votes to 22 against.
Every Republican voted for it, minus only Rand Paul and Jerry Moran,
who did not vote. The Republicans were joined by 25 Democrats, all of
whom had previous voted “no” to embarrass the White House over the
shutdown. Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer, who has described
himself as Israel’s protector in the Senate, switched his vote as did
notoriously pro-Israel Senators Ben Cardin and Bob Menendez. The bill
must now be passed by the Senate, which is certain to take place, before
being sent on to the House of Representatives for its approval, where
there will certainly be some limited debate. It then will go to
President Donald Trump for his signature.
Readers will recall that S.1 the Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019
, sponsored by the singularly ambitious though demonstrably brain
dead Senator Marco Rubio from Florida, included $33 billion in
guaranteed aid to Israel for the next ten years, an unprecedented
gesture to America’s closest ally and best friend in the whole world, as
Congress might describe it..........http://www.unz.com/pgiraldi/a-passionate-attachment/
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