The U.S. House overwhelming passed legislation 247-155 that sanctions the International Criminal Court for requesting arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
The measure, which would punish ICC individuals with sanctions and visa restrictions, is going nowhere in the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate, however.
Thanks to three Independents that caucus with Democrats, that party currently controls the 100-seat Senate with a 51-49 majority.
Gary Bauer, who has served on the board of Christians United for Israel, says the November election must return Donald Trump to the White House and give Republicans a majority in the Senate.
“I think four more years of what we're seeing now… will be very hard for this country to ever recover,” he says. “But if [Trump] is elected, and he's not given a clearly majority Republican Senate and House, you won't be able to get much done."
Heading to November with a 51-49 majority, Democrats are defending 23 seats and Republicans are defending 11 seats in the 2024 elections, according to The Cook Political Report.
None of the GOP seats are considered a toss-up but three Democrat seats in Montana, Nevada, and Ohio fall into that category, according to the Report.
Four more Democrat seats are in Cook’s “lean” category from states Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
