Abraham Accords envoy bill vote postponed, but signs of progress on the horizon
The bill is set to be included in an upcoming Senate package, an individual familiar with the legislation said; the administration is also expected to name an Abraham Accords czar
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Director of Policy Planning Department at the UAE Foreign Ministry Abdulrahman Ali Alneyadi, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert, Director-general at Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alon Ushpiz, Undersecretary for International Affairs at the Bahrain Foreign Ministry Sheikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Director-general of Political Affairs at Morocco's foreign ministry Ambassador Fouad Yazourh, and Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Egypt Ministers Office Affairs Mohamed Tharwat hold a joint press conference for the Negev Forum first Steering Committee meeting in the town of Zallaq, south of the Bahraini capital Manama on June 27, 2022.
Tensions between House Republican leadership and conservatives aligned with the Freedom Caucus over the bipartisan debt limit deal upended a scheduled House vote on Monday evening on a bipartisan bill establishing an ambassador-rank special envoy for advancing the Abraham...