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Fast Forward GOP Tax Bill’s Endorsement Rule Will Hurt Jewish Groups, Many Say
(JTA) — Dozens of Jewish nonprofits and religious institutions are urging Congress to oppose efforts to weaken or repeal a law that prohibits tax-exempt nonprofits from supporting or opposing candidates for public office. A letter signed by 55 Jewish groups was sent Wednesday to the chairman and ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives…
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Fast Forward Congress Is Trying To Decide Who’s An Anti-Semite
Legislation would formally identify Nazi comparisons as a factor in defining anti-Semitism
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Fast Forward Bill Sparked By JCC Threats Would Raise Penalties For Targeting Religious Institutions
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A U.S. House of Representatives committee advanced a bill that would enhance penalties for threats on religious institutions, sparked by a wave of threats on Jewish community centers and other Jewish institutions earlier this year. “This bill clarifies that federal law prohibits threats toward religious institutions, and that the protection extends beyond…
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Fast Forward Trump Vows To Kill Iran Deal If Congress Doesn’t Make Changes
(JTA) — President Donald Trump asked Congress to effectively amend the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, and said he would outright pull the United States out of the deal if he was not happy with the result. “Key House and Senate leaders are drafting legislation that would amend the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act to strengthen…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Survivor Who Backs Trump Announces GOP Run For Congress
Political campaigns often attract candidates with extraordinary biographies, but none may be as unique as that of Dr. Yona Barash, who announced last month that he was running as a Republican challenger in a Sacramento swing district. Barash was born in Romania in 1945, when it was occupied by Nazi Germany. His family made it…
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News Trump Facing Increased Pressure From Congress To Keep Iran Nuclear Deal
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Ben Cardin, one of a handful of Senate Democrats who opposed the Iran nuclear deal, urged the Trump administration not to pull out of it — the latest indication of congressional resistance to killing the agreement. “If we violate a U.N. resolution, in the eyes of the international community, do we have…
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Fast Forward Democrats Seek To Co-opt Ivanka’s Paid Leave Push
Ivanka Trump has made child care and paid family leave part of her White House agenda, but Democrats could pull the rug out from her, with their own legislation on the issue. According to Politico, Washington Democrat Patty Murray will soon unveil a proposal to give subsidies to working- and middle-class families to defray the…
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Fast Forward Florida Congressman Rode Out Irma In Safe Room At In-Law’s Place
As Hurricane Irma brought a wall of water and high-intensity winds to southern Florida, Representative Ted Deutch hunkered down his in-laws, sheltering in a safe room built into their home in the Miami suburb of Boca Raton. “The storm surge has brought a lot of water into the streets in Southeast Florida,” the Florida Democrat…
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