Congress senators were divided over suspending U.S. aid to Egypt after the Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was removed in a military coup.
Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, cited long-standing U.S. law to cut off funds when an elected president is removed in a military coup.
The Fox News reports that McCain led the call to suspend the to Egypt.
Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, the highest-ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that the United States should first focus on trying to restore calm in Egypt.
Officials ordered a review of U.S. aid on Wednesday but they have stopped short of calling the move a coup.
Mohamed Tawfik, Egypt's ambassador to the United States, said that a military coup had not taken place when Morsi was replaced with Adly Mansour.
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