Americans for Peace Now: Legislative Round Ups Archives

APN Legislative Round-Up for the Week Ending August 6, 2010

By Lara Friedman on August 6, 2010 11:15 AM | No Comments

1. Bills and Resolutions

2. Pressure on Lebanon

3. APN on Israel-Lebanon and Gaza Tensions

4. New House Working Group on Iran Sanctions

5. APN on Direct Talks (Obama, Abbas, and Calling the 'Direct Talks" Bluff)

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APN Legislative Round-Up for the Week Ending July 30, 2010

By Lara Friedman on July 30, 2010 11:11 AM | No Comments

1. Bills and Resolutions

2. Ros-Lehtinen Pushes for PLO to be expelled from Washington

3. New APN publication: Top 6 Bogus Arguments for Opposing Extension of the Settlement Moratorium (or Adding Loopholes)

4. Specter's Middle East Trip Report

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APN Legislative Round-Up for the Week Ending July 23, 2010

By Lara Friedman on July 26, 2010 1:06 PM | No Comments

1. Bills and Resolutions

2. Attacking the Palestinian Authority on the Hill, Part II

3. Grandstanding on Iran

4. Berman Lays Out Obama Support for Israel

5. Spotlight on Turkey

6. CUFI on the Hill

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APN Legislative Round-Up for the Week Ending July 16, 2010

By Lara Friedman on July 16, 2010 11:51 AM | No Comments

1. Bills and Resolutions

2. Attacking the Palestinian Authority on Capitol Hill

3. Gohmert's Wacky World

4. APN and J Street: Turning No into Yes on a Two-State Solution

5. APN on Tax-Exempt Funding for Settlements

6. 16,000 Sign APN Petition to Obama: Extend Settlement Freeze

7. Blogpost on the Netanyahu visit: Enough already with the "Obama-caved-to-Bibi" Spin

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APN Legislative Round-Up for the Week Ending July 2, 2010

By Lara Friedman on July 6, 2010 10:44 AM | No Comments

1. Bills and Resolutions

2. President Signs Iran Sanctions into law

3. Some Highly Recommended Reading (shameless plug for stuff we've written)

4. (NOT A JOKE) Gohmert (R-TX) demands world stop illegal Palestinian settlements (and compares Israel policy to Arizona-Mexico border problem)

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APN Legislative Round-Up for the Week Ending June 25, 2010

By Lara Friedman on June 25, 2010 12:22 PM | No Comments

1. Bills & Resolutions

2. CONGRESS PASSES IRAN SANCTIONS

3. Selected House Statements on passage of Iran sanctions (HR 2194)

4. More Aftermath of the Gaza Flotilla

5. Senate Republicans Attack Elena Kagan for Praising Israeli Supreme Court Judge

6. Gohmert (R-TX), at it again (and as before, with friends like these...)

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APN Legislative Round-Up for the Week Ending June 18, 2010

By Lara Friedman on June 21, 2010 11:04 AM | No Comments

1. Bills & Resolutions
2. More Aftermath of the Gaza Flotilla
3. Iran Sanctions and State-of-play on the Hill
4. With Friends Like This... Broun (R-GA) on God's Punishment for Turning Our Back on Israel

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Legislative Round-Up, Week ending June 11, 2010

By Lara Friedman on June 11, 2010 10:50 AM | 1 Comment

1. Bills & Resolutions
2. Congress and the Gaza Flotilla Debacle
3. APN on the Gaza Flotilla Debacle
4. Congress and the New UN Sanctions on Iran
5. APN on new Iran Sanctions
6. Senate Hearing on Hezbollah
7. With Friends Like This... Gohmert (R-TX) on Israel, Iran, Bill Cosby and the Bible
8. Ackerman Calls for International Jewish Legislators Conference in Jerusalem

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Legislative Round-Up: Month of May 2010

By Lara Friedman on May 28, 2010 12:11 PM | No Comments

1. Bills & Resolutions
2. Iran and Israel in the 2011 Defense Authorization Bill (HOUSE)
3. Iran and Israel in the 2011 Defense Authorization Bill (SENATE)
4. Further Action on Iran Sanctions Deferred
5. Feinstein Circulates Letter Supporting Peace Talks
6. APN on Palestinian Boycott of Settlement Products

(Note: For anyone who missed Danny Seidemann and Greg Khalil on the Hill earlier this month talking about Jerusalem and proximity talks, you can watch their excellent presentations here.)

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APN Legislative Round-Up: Week Ending April 30, 2010

By Lara Friedman on April 30, 2010 6:23 PM | 1 Comment

1. Bills and resolutions
2. Extensions of remarks on Israel's 63rd birthday
3. House-Senate conference opens on Iran sanctions bill
4. New Pro-Peace sign-on Letter in the House

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