Posted on 02/17/2015 10:34:20 AM PST by Dave346
SKIPPING
House (22)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (Ore.) — Wrote a Jan. 29 column in The Huffington Post explaining his decision, saying the Constitution “vests the responsibility for foreign affairs in the president.”
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (Ill.) — A spokesman told the Chicago Sun-Times that Gutierrez has a "strong" record on Israel but called the speech "a stunt."
Rep. Betty McCollum (Minn.): "In my view Mr. Netanyahu’s speech before Congress is nothing more than a campaign event hosted by Speaker Boehner and paid for by the American people," McCollum said in a statement."
Rep. Charles Rangel (N.Y.) — "I'm offended as an American," he said on MSNBC.
Rep. John Yarmuth (Ky.) — "We know what he is going to say," the Jewish lawmaker said in a statement.
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (N.C.), Rep. Andre Carson (Ind.), Rep. James Clyburn (S.C.), Rep. Diana DeGette (Colo.), Rep. Donna Edwards (Md.), Rep. Keith Ellison (Minn.), Rep. Raúl Grijalva (Ariz.), Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.), Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas), Rep. Barbara Lee (Calif.), Rep. John Lewis (Ga.), Rep. Jim McDermott (Wash.), Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.), Rep. Beto O'Rourke (Texas), Rep. Chellie Pingree (Maine), Rep. Cedric Richmond (La.), Rep. Bennie Thompson (Miss.)
Senate (3)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.) — Leahy called it a "tawdry and high-handed stunt," according to a Vermont newspaper.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) — Sanders, who caucuses with Democrats, said it’s “wrong” that Obama wasn’t consulted about the speech.
Sen. Brian Schatz (Hawaii) — “The U.S.-Israel relationship is too important to be overshadowed by partisan politics," said Schatz in a statement. "I am disappointed in the Republican leadership’s invitation of Prime Minister Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress with the apparent purpose of undermining President Obama’s foreign policy prerogatives.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
I see many (if not all) of the Congr. Black Caucus is boycotting.
Wonder where (one of their newest members) Mia Love stands, on this? A couple of weeks ago, her staff said she hadn’t decided whether or not she would attend.
Dim Nazi holocaust deniers are also modern day ISIS-holocaust deniers.
If I counted right 14 of the 25 are CBC members.
Could still be a lot more to come as the CBC has 46 members in total.
Going to the muslim day parade?
ANd a real Leader in the House or Senate would immediately STRIP all these Demonrats of every committee assignment.
Great idea!
That is irrelevant.
Hardly irrelevant since that is the primary reason why boycotting Netanyahu's speech won't come back to haunt the Dems.
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