2 days ago · Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked Republicans from advancing legislation to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC), arguing the bill had sweeping consequences on allies and American ...

2 days ago · While three Democrats had signaled support for the ICC sanctions bill itself, two of those members who supported it in the House — Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz ...

2 days ago · The House passed the ICC sanctions bill in the last session of Congress by a 247-155 vote, with 42 Democrats joining Republicans in support, but it was not brought to a vote in the Senate, which ...

2 days ago · Washington — Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a Republican-led measure that would sanction the International Criminal Court, arguing that the bill as written would backfire on U.S. allies and ...

2 days ago · In the Senate, Democrats said they agreed with much of the bill, but it was too broad, and risked alienating important U.S. allies and imposing sanctions on lower-level workers at the court in the ...

2 days ago · Top Senate Democrats and Republicans were still trying to negotiate possible changes to the bill as late as Tuesday afternoon, we are told. Between the lines: The ICC sanctions bill is a response to the court's issuing of arrest warrants for top Israeli officials last year. But Democrats have long raised concerns over how broad the bill is ...

2 days ago · The bill sanctioning the I.C.C. was pushed through the House by Republicans during the last Congress but died in the Senate, then under Democratic control, when Democrats declined to bring it up.

“Mr. President, Republicans tried to the very end to accommodate Democrats in hopes of finally getting this legislation over the finish line – nearly eight months after the Republican-controlled House first passed the bill. “But Democrats kept moving the goal posts, and Republicans were not going to just gut the legislation to get ...

2 days ago · Democratic senators are trying to negotiate changes to the bill.

2 days ago · The ICC has denied bias in its actions. Speaking before the vote, Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Party leader in the Republican-controlled Senate, said the sanctions bill is “one I largely ...