Tag: Senate
Wisconsin Senate passes IHRA antisemitism bill
The Wisconsin State Senate approved legislation on March 17 requiring state and local agencies to consider the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism when evaluating discriminatory intent.
The bill, AB 446, directs government...
Senate panel advances Trump nominee on Jew-hatred
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations advanced the nomination of Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun to be the Trump administration’s special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism in a bipartisan vote on Wednesday.
If confirmed by the...
Republican senators introduce bill to ban anti-Semitic country-of-origin labels
A group of Senate Republicans led by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced a bill on Thursday that would prevent the Biden administration’s State Department or U.S. Customs and Border Protection to rescind late 2020...
Democrats take control of the Senate: Schumer becomes the first Jewish Majority Leader in...
The US Democratic Party took control of the Senate, now dominating both houses of Congress and the White House.
Progressives took control of the Upper House after Georgia's two new senators, Raphael Warnock and Jon...