Senate Democrats blocked a surprise effort by Republicans to force a vote on a House-passed Israel aid bill that includes billions in cuts to the IRS.
Senators voted, 51-48, to table (and thus kill) a bid to take up the measure, after an unexpected sequence Tuesday afternoon.
Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., received recognition to move to proceed to the House-passed bill — and the clerk reported the motion with no other business pending on the floor.
