Senators Petition Boehner to Postpone Netanyahu Speech

Arutz Sheva ^ | 10/2/15 | Elad Benari

[Eleutheria5]

A group of Democrats in the House of Representatives are circulating a petition asking Republican Speaker John Boehner to postpone the March 3 speech by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to a joint meeting of Congress, Bloomberg reported on Monday.

“As members of Congress who support Israel, we share concern that it appears that you are using a foreign leader as a political tool against the president,” states the letter, which is being circulated among lawmakers by Representatives Keith Ellison, Steve Cohen and Maxine Waters.

The three started sending the petition to fellow lawmakers last week, said Mike Casca, a spokesman for Ellison of Minnesota.

The names of all lawmakers signing it won’t be released until later this week, he told Bloomberg.

While the petition asks Boehner to delay the speech, it stops short of declaring that members signing won’t attend.

Netanyahu’s speech has become a point of contention not just between Israelis and Americans, but also between Republicans and Democrats.

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[octex]

...it isn’t protocol for one chamber to interfere with the other chambers work.
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Also not protocol for one branch of the gov’t. to interfere in another branch.

I read a posting here on FR a few days ago that said the White House was urging the CBC (Cong. Black Caucus) to not attend Bibi’s speech.

[Impy]

Steve Cohen is still trying to endear himself to anti-semetic Black leaders. LOL

[Carl Vehse]

Wad copies of the Senate petition into balls with broken glass; then give them to the Senate demonicrats with instructions on where they can put them.