Senate Fails to Clear Procedural Hurdle on ICC Sanctions Bill

The tally to enact cloture on The Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act was 54–45, six votes short of the 60 votes needed.
Senate Fails to Clear Procedural Hurdle on ICC Sanctions Bill
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, on Nov. 7, 2019. Peter Dejong/AP Photo
Jackson Richman
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The Senate failed on Jan. 28 to clear a procedural hurdle on a bill that would sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) over issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

The tally to invoke cloture on the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act was 54–45 thereby not clearing the 60-vote threshold required to advance most legislation in the Senate. All Democrats but one, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), voted against the motion.

Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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