MANILA, Philippines --- A U.S. Senate panel has approved an amendment to a bill that would prohibit entry to any Philippine government official proven to be involved in the "politically-motivated" imprisonment of Philippine Senator Leila de Lima. In a tweet on Friday, U.S. Senator Richard Durbin welcomed the Senate appropriations committee's approval of the amendment he proposed with Senator Pateick Leahy in the Fiscal Year 2020 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill. "Good to see the Senate Appropriations Committee pass my amendment with @SenatorLeahy (US Senator Patrick Leahy) today to prohibit entry to any Philippine Government Officials involved in the politically mot...
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