Angry at the government shutdown and peeved over attempts to stifle anti-Israeli boycotts, Senate Democrats on Tuesday filibustered a bill that would have strengthened U.S. relationships in the Middle East while punishing the anti-Israel boycott movement.
Some Republicans said the vote smacked of anti-semitism, but Democrats said the GOP showed skewed priorities in pushing a foreign policy bill at a time when hundreds of thousands of federal workers are on furlough.
The bill fell three votes shy of the 60 needed to overcome a filibuster, with just four Democrats joining the GOP.
Republicans made clear they aren’t giving up, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell signaling more votes in the days ahead to try to break the filibuster.
He said the vote should have been a no-brainer, given that it included legislation Democrats themselves sponsored last year.
“They’ve gotten the government to shut down for two weeks, now they want to shut the Senate down,” he said. “They’re threatening to shut down efforts to protect our allies and strengthen our relationship with Israel.”
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Clearly it is not about good or bad, it is just anything that trump says or does they have to hate and fight all the way to the bank... Even if it shows how stupid, retarded, vindictive, unethical and ill moral they really are...
If you dumb ass people can't see it now, even after Mitch pointed out, even now the dems are going against everything they stand for and going against everything they wanted for years past, to just not throw it all away just for spite...
So in my eyes, the dems caused the shutdown which they did, and they are the ones who refuse to budge, which is fine, but then the blame rest solely on their shoulders... What trump should do as the dems did last few years, piece meal or itemize the budget, one line by line and only fund what is needed or wanted by the people, and when the dems say now, claim they don't like children and want to harm children and won't get them the meds they need like cancer patients... Just like Dirty Harry Reid did!!!! Why won't you ass hats use the same game against the ones who first used it???? That is the ultimate slap in the face... So start slapping faces trump!!!!!!!!1
Anti-Israel is not antisemitic.
Not in any way.
There are plenty of reasons to hate Israel the State.
The Palestinian People (Semites) on the other hand are an admirable race.
They have survived tremendous discomfort caused by the Israeli Government.
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