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Schumer said to decline Netanyahu’s request to address Senate Democrats

File - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (left), a New York Democrat, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Feb. 23, 2021. (Amos Ben-Gershom/Israel Government Press Office)
WASHINGTON — US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer declined a request by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to the Senate Democratic Caucus, Punchbowl News reports.
Punchbowl reports that Schumer said these conversations should not happen “in a partisan manner.”
Meanwhile, Axios reports that House Republicans are considering inviting Netanyahu to address Congress, saying the idea was floated during a conference meeting.