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Lame Duck Congress Gets to Work

by Lara Friedman
[As we have over the past two years, LobeLog is posting excerpts from the Legislative Round-up published weekly when Congress is in session by the inimitable Lara Friedman of Americans for Peace Now about what Congress is up to and what individual members are saying, particularly about Israel-Palestine and Iran.]
AAAAARRRRRGGGHHHHH!!!!! But seriously, for anyone who supports and/or works for rational U.S. policies in the Middle East that align with U.S. national security interests – something that has always been a non-partisan agenda – things really do suck. As of this writing, it is hard to imagine them doing anything but sucking even more as the new American political order takes shapes and finds its feet. But the Round-Up will keep plugging away, tracking developments in Congress and doing what it can to inform/empower smart policy and smart activism. In the meantime, a few not-awful things to highlight this week, from elected officials who do, indeed, care about rational policies in the Middle East and do, indeed, understand the U.S. national security interests at stake:http://lobelog.com/lame-duck-congress-gets-to-work/#more-36767