Nearly 60 Lawmakers Boycott Netanyahu Speech

Lawmakers condemn Speaker Boehner’s efforts to ‘politicize foreign policy.’

by Lauren McCauley

Lawmakers Asked Boehner To Postpone Netanyahu Speech — But Who Is Still Going?

Almost two dozen House Democrats signed a letter asking Speaker Boehner to postpone Prime Minister Netanyahu’s upcoming address to a joint session of Congress. With such a postponement unlikely, MintPress investigates who’s sticking to their guns.

Lawmakers Asked Boehner To Postpone Netanyahu Speech — But Who Is Still Going?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shakes hands with U.S. Senator John McCain during a meeting with the Israeli and U.S. delegations at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. WASHINGTON --- On Feb. 18, Speaker of the House John Boehner was asked by 23 Democratic

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AIPAC prepared a detailed presentation that was given to Netanyahu with all the negative repercussions they believe would result from the controversial invitation to Congress and the cumulative damage.

Ben Caspit for Al-Monitor: AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, is the Israeli government’s long arm at the center of gravity of American power in Washington. The second most powerful lobby in

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The Bibi-Boehner Fallout Continues

The Israeli Embassy, headed by former Florida-born Republican activist and “Bibi’s Brain,” Amb. Ron Dermer, has reportedly been trying hard to undo the damage with Democrats, but apparently with little or no success.

The Bibi-Boehner fiasco appears to be the gift that keeps on giving. At least, it continues to buoy the hopes of those who want the P5+1 and Iranian negotiators to forge a framework accord by the notional deadline of March 24 to be followed by a comprehensive deal on Tehran’s nuclear program by July 1.

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Democrats Vexed About Netanyahu’s Involvement In U.S. Lawmaking

Boehner has defended his decision, saying the House is an equal branch of government and has the right to invite the Israeli leader to “talk to the members of Congress about the serious threat that Iran poses and the serious threat of radical Islam.”

Democrats Vexed About Netanyahu’s Involvement In U.S. Lawmaking

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2011, prior to making a statement.  Photo: Evan Vucci/ PHILADELPHIA — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is still peeved over Republicans' decision to ask the leader of

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Under Pressure, Obama Vows To Examine Deportations

Republicans are warning that any steps President Barack Obama takes to bypass Congress to ease deportations of immigrants illegally in the United States would severely hurt chances of overhauling the nation’s immigration laws.

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WASHINGTON — The White House announced late Thursday that Obama was directing his homeland security chief, Jeh Johnson, to review America's deportation program, with an eye toward finding more humane ways to enforce the law without contravening it. The move came amid pressure from some of Obama's staunchest allies to act on his own to slow the

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The bill would end the “carried interest” income exemption, which allows hedge fund managers and private equity firms to get the investment-income tax rate on their normal wage income.

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Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, announced his promise to slash the income tax code by 25 percent in a YouTube video on Jan. 15. The somewhat strange pledge

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