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Two prominent House Democrats say they'll skip Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress next month, saying they disapprove of House Speaker John Boehner's decision to invite the Israeli leader without consulting the White House.
Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, a hero of the civil rights movement, and Rep. G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, say Thursday they won't attend Netanyahu's March 3 speech.
Lewis calls Boehner's invitation to Netanyahu "an affront" to President Barack Obama and the State Department that he could not ignore. Butterfield says he was "very disappointed that the speaker would cause such a ruckus" among members of Congress.
Both men say their decisions were personal and not part of any organized boycott by the caucus or House Democrats.
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