The Senate failed on Jan. 28 to clear cleared 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.
The bill, which the House passed earlier this month, would allow the United States to sanction ICC officials involved with issuing warrants against American citizens or officials from countries that are U.S. allies....
