Republican lawmaker ends hold on Palestinian aid

[ProSense]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Palestinians are slated to receive some $200 million in U.S. security assistance after a top House Republican ended her hold on the money.

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, informed the Obama administration in recent weeks that she no longer would block $50 million in economic support funds for the Palestinian Security Forces and $148 million in other assistance.

In separate letters to the State Department and USAID, Ros-Lehtinen cited certification by President Barack Obama that the aid was in the national security interests of the United States, as well as word that the government of Israel did not object. The letters were sent in September and October.

In an interview with The Associated Press last month, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the administration has reached out to Israel — which has an interest in maintaining Palestinian security aid — to convince Congress to support assistance.


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1. Posturing completed. nt

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. Please point me to "Hold" in the Constitution.

Thanks.

[No Elephants]

7. In fairness, the COTUS says each House may make rules, so I don't think it's

necessarily blatantly unconstitutional.

I do doubt something like this was contemplated--one person blocking something substantive.

If enough sheeple complain long enough and loudly enough, they may shape up, but I would not take either part of that equation to the bank.

[iandhr]

3. Pragmatism from US House Republicans?

Who would have thunk it?

[classysassy]

4. Our foreign policy

seem to be at the mercy of Israel when it come to the middle east,how sad.

[Little Tich]

5. Interesting. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen being soft on Palestinians, who would have thought?

[No Elephants]

6. Ileana who? This "hold by a single lawmakef" crap is ridiculous, House or Senate, but esp. House.

And then everyone wonders why nothing gets done and we can't figure out why.