A bipartisan majority in the Democrat-led Senate rebuffed on Tuesday a measure brought by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) seeking a report on Israel‘s fight against Hamas following the group’s terrorist attacks in October.
The resolution, which sought State Department information on whether U.S. assistance is being used to perpetuate any human rights abuses in the Gaza Strip, was tabled by a 72-11 vote. Sanders, nine Democrats, and one Republican — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) — voted in favor of advancing it, according to a C-SPAN producer.
Sanders made headlines when opted to force a vote on his resolution, which hinged on the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and cited a section that says Congress may request a human rights report and adopt a measure to pull or restrict security assistance to a country found to have a pattern of internationally recognized abuses.
“We should all want…
