Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is no longer with us. He passed away suddenly last Saturday night, suffering what appears to be an aortic dissection. He had just returned from a trip to Ukraine. He was 71. There have been times when we criticized the South Carolina Republican, but he did more good than bad; he was funny, tough, and a crucial member of the Senate Republican caucus. And we’re now entering legislative waters where everything is at risk of capsizing.

Before Graham passed away, we knew his docket was always full. He aimed to ratify a US-Saudi defense treaty during the lame duck session after the midterms, using a pathway for a Palestinian state to secure Democratic votes for the deal. He also pressured the Israelis to support it unless they wanted to risk losing normalized relations with Saudi........

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