The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday was forced to postpone its plans to mark up a bill from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, that would revoke citizenship from Americans who declare their allegiance to or join a foreign terrorist organization.
Cruz was in Iowa Thursday preparing for the seventh GOP presidential debate.
When Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, began the hearing, he said the panel would postpone its work at Cruz’s request.
“I think what we need is a commander-in-chief who is focused like a laser on keeping this country safe and on defeating radical Islamic terrorism,” Cruz said during the Jan. 14 Republican presidential debate in South Carolina. “First, we should pass the Expatriate Terrorist Act, legislation I’ve introduced that says ‘if an American goes and joins ISIS and wages jihad against America, that you forfeit your citizenship and you can not come in on a passport.'”
A new markup date hasn’t been scheduled yet but the panel usually moves bills every Thursday.
