{"id":90480,"date":"2021-11-04T17:05:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T15:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=90480"},"modified":"2021-11-03T08:18:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T06:18:41","slug":"07-05-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=90480","title":{"rendered":"Republican Senator delay Nides\u2019 confirmation as ambassador to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Republican Senator delay Nides\u2019 confirmation as ambassador to Israel<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

OMRI NAHMIAS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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It is still unclear when the Senate will hold a debate and a floor vote on Nides and other State Department nominees.<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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US Senator Josh Hawley speaks during the third day of the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett \/ (photo credit: REUTERS)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2013 US Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) voted on Tuesday to block eight of President Biden\u2019s ambassador nominees, including Thomas Nides, who is designated to serve as Ambassador to Israel. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, asked the Senate to confirm several nominees by unanimous consent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hawley said that he objects on behalf of him and several of his Republican colleagues. \u201cMultiple of my colleagues have objections to all of the nominees, so I will be here to object on their behalf and also on my own behalf with regard to a few of them,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to the vote, Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer criticized the Republicans for their objection, calling it \u201cobstructionism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe president relies on an army of dedicated public servants who play a critical role in our government,\u201d said Schumer. \u201cBut for months, some Senate Republicans have gone to great lengths to place pointless holds on over a hundred of these nominees. The consequence – scores of empty desks in the state department and our embassies and department of treasury and other agencies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese nominees are not controversial,\u201d Schumer continued. \u201cThey’re routinely confirmed by consent in this chamber until a few people decide that they wanted to make a big show of this, for whatever reason. No one ever did this before. By this point in the Trump administration, for instance, both sides work together to confirm 32 ambassadors by voice vote. Most of us didn’t like the Trump administration or the people he’s appointing, but we had enough integrity not to let politics enter into what had been routine decisions. Right now, Republican obstructionism has meant only four nominees have been agreed to.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

US Senator Bob Menendez. (credit: REUTERS\/EDUARDO MUNOZ)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Hawley, in his remarks, rejected Schumer\u2019s criticism. \u201cI agree that many of these nominees are important, and that is, in fact, one of the reasons we should have a vote on them,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Senate Majority leader’s comments as if he has no control over the calendar – he’s the majority leader of the United States Senate – he decides when we vote, he decides what we vote on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s gaveling us out of session so that members across the aisle can go on a field trip to Glasgow, Scotland,\u201d Hawley said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Senator Menendez replied to Hawley and said that during the Trump administration, many nominees were approved by a voice vote. \u201cWe will have no ambassador in Israel as we deal with the challenges of Iran and others in the region,\u201d Menendez added. \u201cIt is mind-boggling; all of those who get up here and talk about our ally, the state of Israel, the importance of the state of Israel, but we won’t have an ambassador there to help us meet the challenges that Israel has.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Israel Policy Forum said in a statement on Tuesday: \u201cA strong US-Israel relationship requires strong diplomatic representation, allowing both sides to work in close partnership and resolve disagreements amicably. We are dismayed that Tom Nides, who is unquestionably qualified to serve as ambassador to Israel, continues to be blocked from a swift confirmation on the Senate floor. We call on the Senate to act so that Mr. Nides can begin the critical task of representing the US and its interests in Jerusalem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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