The amendment, offered by Sen. Rand Paul, would have suspended visa issuance's to more than 30 Muslim countries with active Jihadist populations
Oh, now the rest of the story. THIRTY countries, huh? Trumpbart doesn't name those countries, of course, but I'm guessing Turkey and the Arab Emirates are included, countries friendly to our US military. We even have a military refueling station in Abu Dhabi.
What Trumpbart also doesn't tell you is that only TEN Senators voted for this, all of them up for re-election. In other words, they were ALL pandering to their conservative base and, in a normal year, would have voted against a bill that had 89 votes opposing it.
This is not going to negatively impact Rubio in the least. I dare Christie or Cruz to raise this.
Hell, Cruz's vote with Rand Paul on curbing the ability of the NSA to gather metadata is more harmful to national security than allowing in a few Muslims.