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What’s Next in Congress After Passage of Foreign Aid Package by Jackson Richman – US Politics News

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After passing a $95 billion package last week that included assistance to Israel, Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific, and a bill with measures such as banning TikTok, Congress returns next week from a week-long break.
The House is scheduled to take up seven bills, with the most notable being legislation to combat anti-Semitism on college and university campuses, The Epoch Times has learned.
The Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, which has been introduced over the past few Congresses, would codify into law an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in 2019.
The Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, introduced by Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), would have the U.S. government adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, which was in the executive order in applying the definition government-wide as the standard in dealing with anti-Semitic incidents, especially on college and university campuses. (The State Department adopted the definition on its own in 2016 under President Barack Obama.)…

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