The Senate on Tuesday failed to advance a House-passed bill to sanction International Criminal Court officials for the court’s arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over military actions in the Gaza Strip.
The measure, dubbed the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, failed to muster the needed 60 votes to clear a Democratic filibuster. The vote was 54-45. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), a staunch defender of Israel in its war against Hamas, was the lone Democrat to vote in favor with all Republicans.
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