The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12-9 to advance the nomination of Jack Lew to be the US ambassador to Israel, according to a person in the room during the vote, despite Republican opposition over Lew’s involvement with the nuclear deal with Iran when he served in the Obama administration.
Chairman Ben Cardin said he hoped Lew’s nomination would move “quickly” to a full Senate floor vote, and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer could file cloture on the nomination as soon as Thursday.
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