Tag: U.S. Congress
Republicans recapture House by narrow margin
Republicans have secured at least 218 seats in the House of Representatives, giving them a small majority over the Democrats. There are still several races in the 435-member chamber of Congress that have yet...
Members of Congress call for special UN Human Rights Council session on Iran
Several members of Congress have sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield urging them to convene a special session of the U.N....
Members of Congress urge State Department to act more quickly on internal anti-Semitic incidents
A bipartisan group of members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week urging for an update on the investigations of internal incidents of...
US House seeks more funding for aging Holocaust survivors
The 2023 House Appropriations Committee increased funding last month for aid to Holocaust survivors as part of its request for doling out funds.
The $10 million allocation, which was sought by Jewish groups including the...
Pro- and anti-Israel Democrats face off in Illinois congressional primary race
Tonight, Jewish political organizations will be closely watching the Democratic primary race in the newly drawn 6th Congressional District of Illinois as two incumbents with vastly different relationships with the Jewish community face off...
37 members of Congress send letter urging investigation into Boston BDS map
A bipartisan group from the U.S. House of Representatives is calling for the federal government to investigate the use of the Boston “BDS Map” by violent extremists and terrorists, and boost security for the...
Let’s talk about the ‘nakba’ and who’s really responsible for Palestinian suffering
Resolutions proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives mean nothing. They give members an opportunity to pay lip service to various causes favored by their constituents but don’t commit the government to action. They...
Lipstadt nomination moves to full vote in Senate
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday advanced the nomination of Deborah Lipstadt to serve as the U.S. State Department’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism.
Lipstadt, 75, a top Holocaust historian and the...
RJC endorses 14 more candidates for 2022 midterms
The Republican Jewish Coalition released its second list of 2022 midterm candidate endorsements on Monday, including 10 incumbents and four challengers.
The organization previously endorsed six candidates, bringing its total number of endorsements to 20.
According to a...
Gottheimer urges Secretary of Education to monitor ethnic-studies curriculums
A Jewish member of Congress is calling on U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to hold schools accountable for creating hostile and unsafe environments for Jewish students by implementing anti-Semitic “ethnic studies” curricula in their...