The Senate today adjourned after voting on an amendment to the Federal Aviation Reauthorization bill. Senate Democrats are heading south to Charlottesville, Virginia for their annual retreat. We had expected that they would be back late Wednesday or Thursday for more votes — particularly on a resolution on Egypt. But, the galleries tell us that though a few members will return to resume debate on the FAA bill on Thursday, no votes will now be held until next Monday. The House is waiting on the Senate to pass the resolution and send it to them.
Josh Rogin at Foreign Policy magazine has a good take on the political pot holes that blew the axles off the last attempt at a resolution in support of democracy in Egypt — something, one would imagine would be kind of a no brainer, but there’s Congress for you. And Chris Good over at the Atlantic notes that several Egypt resolutions have died similarly tortured deaths. This week part of the problem is timing, but one does have to ask: how hard is it for Congress to pass a resolution in support of the Egyptian people?