Tag: Bipartisanship
Historic menorah-lighting at US Capitol by leaders of Senate and House
In a historic first, the congressional leadership on both sides of the aisle joined on Tuesday, the sixth night of Chanukah, for the inaugural lighting of the U.S. Capitol Menorah.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)...
Has Biden tipped the Democrats back towards a bipartisan consensus?
It’s all a matter of perspective. For Israel’s government, the obvious benefits of President Joe Biden’s brief visit to Israel, his fulsome rhetoric of support for the Jewish state and scathing denunciations of Hamas...
House bill amasses bipartisan consensus to continue Iran sanctions
Three measures opposing violence and human-rights abuses perpetrated by the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism passed in the U.S. House of Representatives.
On Tuesday, the Combat Rampant Iranian Missile Exports (Fight CRIME) Act (H.R. 3152) received 403...
Democrats don’t want to save bipartisan support for Israel
Should Jews welcome the support of both Democrats and Republicans for the cause of Israel? That used to be a bedrock principle of American Jewry. But that isn’t true anymore for many on the...
RJC confab questions declining Democratic support for Israel, the role of nonpartisan organizations
The Republican Jewish Coalition held its annual Leadership Summit at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas this past weekend with more than 700 attendees. It was one of the organization’s largest-ever gatherings and the...
After rough few days, Iron Dome funding prevails, but not without partisan finger-pointing
Pro-Israel Democrats scrambled on Thursday to restore approximately $1 billion to help fund the replenishment of Israel’s Iron Dome air-defense system after funding was stripped earlier this week from the House of Representatives’ legislation...
AIPAC lauds Senate Foreign Relations Committee for bill supporting Abraham Accords
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee was applauded by AIPAC on Thursday for adopting the “Israel Relations Normalization Act of 2021,” which seeks to support and expand recent normalization agreements between Israel, United Arab Emirates,...
Bipartisan bill seeks to block funding to Hamas and other terrorist groups
A bipartisan bill aiming to cut funding to terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip was introduced on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday.
If passed, the “Hamas International Financing Prevention Act,” H.R....
In bipartisan vote, Texas adopts IHRA definition to define anti-Jewish acts
With the support of its governor and state legislators, Texas has become the first U.S. state to fully utilize the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism to interpret anti-Jewish acts.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott...
CUFI survey finds strong bipartisan support for Israel, new sanctions on Iran
Christians United for Israel (CUFI) released the results of its latest survey this week on American attitudes on Israel, showing that support for Israel and issues important to the survival of the Jewish state still hold...