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http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=2074
Sen. Cruz: It’s Past Time to Recognize Israel’s Historic Capital Both in Word and Deed
SEN. CRUZ COSPONSORS THE JERUSALEM EMBASSY AND RECOGNITION ACT OF 2015
January 13, 2015 | 202-228-7561
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Sen Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released the following statement conveying his strong support for relocating the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. He is an original cosponsor of S. 117, the Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2015:
"I am proud to join Senator Dean Heller, R-Nevada, in the introduction of the Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2015 that recognizes Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the State of Israel and relocates the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. This bill removes the President's waiver authority that has delayed this important action, and requires official government documents to reflect this recognition by identifying Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
"Over twenty years ago Congress passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 with overwhelming bipartisan majorities in both the House and Senate. It is my hope that members of Congress on both sides of the aisle support this important bill. It is long past due for our government to finally and unequivocally recognize Israel's historical capital both in word and deed."
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Bravo...
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G-d bless Senator Cruz!! And Senator Dean Heller!
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Won't Obama just veto this?
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How's that even possible with the black-muslim in chief?
The ultimate jew hater in the blackhouse allow this?
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http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/189981#.VLjFedKUc1I
The US Senate is taking another stab at changing the White House's policy of keeping the American Embassy to Israel out of Jerusalem.
On Tuesday, US Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Dean Heller (R-NV) proposed a law that would remove the president's authority to invoke national security as a reason to ignore Congressional resolutions on moving the embassy to Jerusalem.
According to the measure, called the Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2015, the White House would be required to identify Jerusalem as the capital of Israel even before the embassy is physically moved.
In 1995, both the Senate and House overwhelmingly passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, which required the relocation of the American Embassy to Israel from its current location in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. That law was passed with a proviso that allowed the President to, at his discretion, postpone the move on the basis of “National Security” concerns, which would be reviewed on a yearly basis. That proviso has been activated every year since the original Act was passed.
The bill by Cruz and Heller would remove the proviso from the original Act, requiring the White House to immediately comply with the previously-passed law.