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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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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Get $25M In Security Funds — Despite Talk Of Cuts
Jewish groups welcomed $25 million in federal security grants for nonprofits, thanking Congress and the Trump administration for funding in line with previous years’ grants. The Department of Homeland Security disbursed the funding last week, the vast majority of which goes to Jewish institutions. The money is congressionally mandated, but the Trump administration has attempted…
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Fast Forward Congressman Stalls On Sit-Down With Reporter He Body-Slammed
Ben Jacobs has still not gotten his on-the-record interview with Greg Gianforte, despite a promise from the Montana congressman to meet with the Guardian reporter after having body-slammed him in the run-up to a May special election. “So far, the Congressman has yet to commit to this interview,” the Guardian said in a Wednesday statement….
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Fast Forward Jewish GOP Lawmaker Walks Back Support For Trump On Charlottesville — A Bit
Congressman Lee Zeldin is the latest in a growing contingent of Jewish Republican political figures walking back their support for Trump. On CNN Friday morning Zeldin issued a more full-throated disagreement with the equivalence Trump drew on Tuesday between white supremacists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia. Zeldin’s first statement on the matter backed Trump’s take….
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Fast Forward 18 Jewish Lawmakers Call On Trump To ‘Stand Up To Hate’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Eighteen Jewish Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives called on President Donald Trump to “consistently and unequivocally fight against racists and anti-Semites” in the aftermath of the deadly far-right rally in Charlottesville. “We are deeply troubled by your statement blaming ‘both sides’ for the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia,” said the letter…
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Fast Forward Senate Softens Bill Targeting Palestinian Payments To Terrorists’ Families
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has softened a bill that cuts U.S. funding to Palestinian areas as long as the Palestinian Authority pays subsidies to the families of Palestinians who attack Israelis. The change to the Taylor Force Act apparently was made to attract Democratic and mainstream pro-Israel support. On Wednesday, the…
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