Dozens of members of Democrats are expected to skip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress on Wednesday afternoon. Some are boycotting, others are attending a series of counter-programming events, and several cited scheduling conflicts as the reason.
The last time Netanyahu address Congress on March 3, 2015, the situation was much the same. A total of 58 members of Congress skipped his speech, including then-Vice President Joe Biden, who chose not to preside over the address in much the same way that Vice President Kamala Harris will not preside over this one.
