“America really needs Elise Stefanik at the UN and if leadership was smart they would focus on an energy and immigration bill in order for that process to move forward faster,” he said.

A U.S. effort to sink a draft U.N. resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine failed Monday after European countries and Kyiv marshaled support for strong language against Moscow.

A spokesperson for the United Nations declined to comment. The White House, in a fact sheet obtained by POLITICO, said the council “has not fulfilled its purpose and continues to be used as a ...