WASHINGTON–The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill on June 13 to create a new envoy position to deal with the Abraham Accords—the normalization agreements between Israel and, so far, four Mideast and Northern African countries.
The Special Envoy for the Abraham Accords Act, co-sponsored by Reps. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) and Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), passed 413–13, meeting the required two-thirds majority needed for passage.
Voting against the bill were Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), Cori Bush (D-Mo.), Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D-Ill.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Summer Lee (D-Pa.), Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Rich McCormick (R-Ga.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Eight members did not vote….