House tables resolution to censure Tlaib over Israel comments

The House voted to table – or block – a Republican-led resolution on Wednesday to censure Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan over comments critical of Israel and in support of Palestinians.

The measure, introduced by GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, accuses Tlaib of “antisemitic activity” and “leading an insurrection” at the US Capitol complex. Tlaib, who is the first Palestinian American woman to serve in Congress, has denounced the resolution as “unhinged” and “deeply Islamophobic.” The vote was 222 to 186 with 23 Republicans voting with Democrats to kill the censure…