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Maya Schenwar
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Oct. 12, 2008
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Falling from shoo-in status to widely rejected legislation within the space of four months, a resolution that would have opened the door for a naval blockade on Iran was officially shelved at the end of September, after several of its cosponsors withdrew their support.
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Posted by Dwight Rousu
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The story is an interesting instance of the Israeli war lobby steamrollering of the US congress being turned back. The story gives some of the key players, but fails to fully identify who from what party submitted the war resolution to start with. No information is given whether presidential politics were involved in the rollback of the war resolution.
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