In the House, Maxine Waters, the left-wing lawmaker from Los Angeles, warned the president to stop negotiating with conservative Democrats and Republicans.
"A monument to somebody who committed crimes against humanity in his fierce repression using gas against young Ethiopians is serious and unacceptable, regardless of where it happens," Mr. Montino, the left-wing lawmaker, wrote.
Left-wing lawmaker Jean-Luc Mélenchon said: "Donald Trump is violent and has no reason for being here". Video Did Macron snub Trump?
Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest organizers need to rethink their strategy and bring disparate factions together under a new structure to help lead the movement forward, a prominent left-wing lawmaker from the semiautonomous city urged this week.
Maduro announced Tuesday he would seek an international arrest warrant for Ortega Diaz and her husband, left-wing lawmaker German Ferrer, saying they'd been involved in serious crimes and accusing Ortega Diaz of being a pawn for the United States.
But it is a big payday to forgo, prompting criticism from left-wing lawmakers, government workers and even some local fans of Apple.
The revolt Tuesday came after several occasions over the past three months where left-wing lawmakers agreed to set aside concerns in the interest of party comity.
Since last week, Greece has been abuzz with talk of how Ilias Kasidiaris, the spokesman for the neo-Nazi, anti-immigrant Golden Dawn party, physically assaulted two left-wing lawmakers, both women, on live television, tossing water in one's face and giving the other a series of solid swats to the face.
But the Parliament's negotiators, led in part by a left-wing Dutch lawmaker, Kartika Liotard, insisted on tougher rules for imports and said they were sticking to principles, citing surveys that show European public opinion is overwhelmingly against cloning for food.
At the opposite political pole, Abdul Wahab Darawshe, a left-wing Arab lawmaker, said Barak was to be congratulated for "his understanding and public courage". Barak denied to the Haaretz newspaper that his statement was a gaffe, arguing: "What else could I say?
She was the firebrand lawmaker from Israel's left wing who spent much of her career protesting the settlements in the Occupied Territories that Ariel Sharon spent much of his career building.
