Just weeks ago, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order triggering a review of chapters and offshoots of the Muslim Brotherhood for potential terrorist designations . But critics and even some allies say the administration is too cozy with Qatar, a Muslim Brotherhood hub, for the sanctions to work.

And now, Republicans in Congress may be letting Qatar off the hook as well.

A bill last week to designate the Muslim Brotherhood, independent of executive action, passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

However, the Republican-led committee passed an amendment by voice vote, which stripped out key provisions that would have mandated the designation not only of Muslim Brotherhood branches, but the entity in its entirety.

A voice vote means no member could be placed on reco

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