Democrats Absent From House GOP Resolution Denouncing U.N.'s Anti-Israel Vote

"A House resolution condemning President Obama's refusal to veto an anti-Israel U.N. measure was introduced Tuesday with the support of 51 Republican cosponsors but no Democrats.

Rep. Dennis Ross, Florida Republican, submitted the language moments after the start of the 115th Congress. Sen. Jerry Moran, Kansas Republican, is expected to introduce a companion measure in the Senate.

The resolution of disapproval doesn't mince words, denouncing the president for breaking the nation's 'longstanding commitment to the State of Israel, our strongest ally in the Middle East, by refusing to veto this one-sided and anti-Israel resolution.'...

The lack of support so far from House Democrats comes even though at least a half-dozen Democrats criticized the administration's failure to veto U.N. Security Council Resolution 2234, which labels Israeli settlements as illegal..."