return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 days agoDemocrats vote down resolution calling for arms embargo on Israel, recognizing Palestinian statewww.timesofisrael.comexternal-linkmessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1467arrow-down120cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1447arrow-down1external-linkDemocrats vote down resolution calling for arms embargo on Israel, recognizing Palestinian statewww.timesofisrael.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square118fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days 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-22 days 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.*