(Ha'aretz) Amir Tibon - All Republican members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to approve the Taylor Force Act, as did Democratic Senators Ben Cardin (Md.), Chris Coons (Del.), Tim Kaine (Va.), Robert Menendez (N.J.), and Ed Markey (Mass.). The committee approved an amendment proposed by Sen. Kaine which said that aid money supposed to go to the Palestinian Authority will be kept in escrow for one year, giving the PA an opportunity to prove that it has changed its practice of paying the terrorists and their families. The State Department will report to Congress every 180 days on the PA's conduct on this issue. AIPAC applauded the bill's approval and noted in a statement: "The legislation does not affect U.S. funding for security cooperation, nor does it cut humanitarian programs if the U.S. government can certify that the PA is taking credible steps to end violence against Israelis and Americans."
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