http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/aljazeeraworld/2013/04/2013415114923968435.html
It seems they didn't so much vote to lift the embargo, as they failed to come up with the votes to maintain it. But it's off on 1 June and the sanctions against Assad remain in place.
This will place even more pressure on the Obama administration (as did Senator McCain's surprise call on the rebels inside Syria).
I guess this is all part and parcel of "leading from behind."
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