return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agoDemocrats vote down resolution calling for arms embargo on Israel, recognizing Palestinian statewww.timesofisrael.comexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1427arrow-down118cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
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minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 day agoIt was the DNC, not House or Senate. Wouldn’t have been binding in any sense of the word … so why not vote it through?
minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-217 hours agoThe article answers that question. The chairman of the DNC wanted a more hardline bill,, and when he didn’t get that, he withdrew the resolution and vowed to build a coalition behind it for next time.*
It was the DNC, not House or Senate. Wouldn’t have been binding in any sense of the word … so why not vote it through?
The article answers that question.
The chairman of the DNC wanted a more hardline bill,, and when he didn’t get that, he withdrew the resolution and vowed to build a coalition behind it for next time.*