A draft of the resolution by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats and seen by The Wall Street Journal didn’t name Rep. Ilhan Omar
WASHINGTON—Tensions among House Democrats flared Wednesday as members debated how to respond to comments by a freshman lawmaker whose criticism of U.S. policy toward Israel has prompted accusations of anti-Semitism, with some members upset at leadership for moving to schedule a vote without more buy-in from the caucus.
In the closed-door meeting of Democrats on Wednesday, some lawmakers defended Rep. Ilhan Omar , one of two Muslim women in Congress, and objected to voting on a resolution that was an implicit rebuke...
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