2 days ago · Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked Republicans from advancing legislation to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC), arguing the bill had sweeping consequences on allies and American ...

1 day ago · But Democrats reacted swiftly, headlined by the 45-54 failed ICC sanctions vote and nearly two dozen Democrats voting against Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s nomination despite a unanimous ...

2 days ago · The House passed the ICC sanctions bill in the last session of Congress by a 247-155 vote, with 42 Democrats joining Republicans in support, but it was not brought to a vote in the Senate, which ...

2 days ago · The bill sanctioning the I.C.C. was pushed through the House by Republicans during the last Congress but died in the Senate, then under Democratic control, when Democrats declined to bring it up.

2 days ago · The big picture: Senate Democrats stonewalled the ICC bill after a number of internal huddles in the last week where Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y) stressed the need for unity. The lone Democratic vote in favor of the procedural motion Tuesday is particularly notable given the broad appetite in the caucus to back pro-Israel ...

2 days ago · Israel and allies "reject" ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant 06:51. Washington — Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a Republican-led measure that would sanction the International ...

The big picture: Senate Democrats stonewalled the ICC bill after a number of internal huddles in the last week where Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y) stressed the need for unity.

2 days ago · Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor before voting against moving to proceed to the ICC sanctions bill, highlighting its flawed provisions and urging bipartisan revisions to prevent harm to American companies and U.S. allies. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks: I have spent decades watching the International Criminal Court with a ...

1 day ago · The ICC has denied bias in its actions. Speaking before the vote, Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Party leader in the Republican-controlled Senate, said the sanctions bill is “one I largely ...

2 days ago · Democratic senators are trying to negotiate changes to the bill.