Posted on 03/02/2015 7:01:25 PM PST by Dave346
Currently, 61 members of Congress have confirmed they will not attend the speech.
Arizona
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
California
Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA)
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) — “I am disappointed Speaker Boehner chose to irresponsibly interject politics into what has long been a strong and bipartisan relationship between the United States and Israel. As President Obama has noted, it is inappropriate for a Head of State to address Congress just two weeks ahead of their election. I agree that Congress should not be used as a prop in Israeli election campaigns, so I intend to watch the speech on TV in my office.”
Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA) — “Rep. McNerney is not planning to attend the speech. He’s got several previously planned commitments for that day.”
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)
Colorado
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO)
Florida
Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL)
Georgia
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA)
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)
Hawaii
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) — “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.”
Iowa
Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IL)
Illinois
Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
Indiana
Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN)
Kentucky
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) — “We know what he is going to say. Netanyahu’s position on the ongoing negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program is not a secret. Like many other members, I have been visited by the Israeli ambassador and understand what they want and how that differs from what U.S. negotiators are attempting to accomplish.”
Louisiana
Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA)
Maine
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Maryland
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD)
Massachusetts
Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) — “This invitation came without consulting the President or State Department and with the false representation that it was a bi-partisan invitation. Speaker Boehner has poisoned a critical foreign policy discussion with partisan gamesmanship.”
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MD) — “I have been and will continue to be a strong supporter of Israel, but the timing and circumstances of this speech are deeply troubling.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Michigan
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
Minnesota
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN)
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) — “I will respectfully abstain from attending Mr. Netanyahu’s campaign rally.”
Missouri
Rep. Lacy Clay (D-MO)
Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
Mississippi
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
New Jersey
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
New Mexico
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
New York
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) — “The whole thing is a nightmare in diplomacy.”
North Carolina
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC)
Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC)
Rep. David Price (D-NC)
Ohio
Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH)
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Oregon
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) — “For the sake of diplomacy, peace, and respect for our ally Israel, to say nothing of stability in the Middle East, Speaker Boehner must cancel the joint session of Congress with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. If he does not, I will refuse to be part of a reckless act of political grandstanding.”
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
Pennsylvania
Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA)
Rhode Island
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
South Carolina
Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC)
Tennessee
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) — “The Prime Minister’s use of the U.S. House chamber as a stage to argue against the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear program, which is currently being negotiated among Iran and the P5+1 — the United States, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom and Germany, is reckless.”
Texas
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX)
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) – “While success with Iran is far from assured, we must seek to overcome the misguided approach of those, like Mr. Netanyahu, who would reject any reasonable nuclear agreement. The only true alternative to an effective agreement is war with Iran. Scuttling nuclear negotiations with Iran would endanger every family in America and Israel.”
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) — “The Congresswoman has no plans to attend the speech at this time,” a spokeswoman said.
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX)
Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX)
Virginia
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) — “There is no reason to schedule this speech before Israeli voters go to the polls on March 17 and choose their own leadership.”
Vermont
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) — “They have orchestrated a tawdry and high-handed stunt that has embarrassed not only Israel but the Congress itself.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) — “I’m not thinking of not going. I am not going. I may watch it on TV.”
Washington
Rep. Denny Heck (D-WA)
Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA)
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) — “I do not intend to attend the speech of Bibi. The whole event is to shore up Bibi’s political campaign. It also may reflect an attempt to gum up the negotiations with Iran. Side benefit is to make the president look weak.”
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)
Washington, D.C.
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC)
Wisconsin
Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI)
This boycott might have a silver lining. If it embarrasses Boehner, it might make it less likely that he works with the dems to pass a bill financing the invasion of the US.
DemocRATS can NOT ABIDE THE TRUTH !
The Arthur Szyk Haggadah is simply gorgeous. Thanks for posting this Szyk picture, which I’ve never seen before.
spelling check, demonrats not democrats
"Palaeo"con?
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It is magnificent in every way - even the paper is perfect - and the prints are clear and crisp.
My first introduction to Arthur Szyk was his illustrations for Hans Andersen's Tales. Even they are characteristic of his style - this is the endpapers:
Thanks for sharing this beautiful work of art.
To Zoe Lofgren: how do you figure that inviting Netanyahu is a partisan thing? Because the Speaker of the House happens to be a Republican so everything he does is partisan? You have no answer because you are full of it! And even if it were a partisan thing, how is that more important than what Netanyahu had to say? FU Zoe Lofgren!
Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD)
Yep.
Maryland "Freak State" PING!
CUMMINGS..is one of those believe it or not congress critters.
where do these creatures come from??
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