Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled speech before Congress on Tuesday is already the subject of great controversy: House Speaker John Boehner invited Netanyahu to speak without previously alerting the White House, and Netanyahu is expected to argue against President Obama’s plan for a possible nuclear deal with Iran. As a result, the impending speech has further strained already-tense relations between the White House and House Republicans. And now, dozens of Democrats — including 2016 hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren, according to a scoop by The Boston Globe — have announced that they will not be attending Netanyahu’s speech.
Here is a full list of the senators and representatives who have confirmed to NBC News that they will skip Netanyahu’s Tuesday address:
SENATE
- Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.)
- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
- Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.)
- Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)
- Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)
- Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)
- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
HOUSE
- Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.)
- Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)
- Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.)
- Rep Joaquin Castro (D-Texas)
- Rep. Kathleen Clark (D-Mass.)
- Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.)
- Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC)
- Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)
- Rep. John Conyers (D-Ga.)
- Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.)
- Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)
- Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)
- Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.)
- Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)
- Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio)
- Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.)
- Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.)
- Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
- Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)
- Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio)
- Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)
- Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa)
- Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.)
- Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)
- Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)
- Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)
- Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.)
- Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.)
- Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.)
- Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas)
- Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine)
- Rep. David Price (D-N.C.)
- Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.)
- Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.)
- Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)
- Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)
Nisha Chittal