Americans for Peace Now: Legislative Round Ups Archives

Legislative Round-Up: Week Ending May 11, 2012

By Lara Friedman on May 11, 2012 4:51 PM | No Comments

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APN Legislative Round-Up
for the week ending
May 11, 2012
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1. Bills, Resolutions & Letters
2. Draft House version of Defense Authorization Ups the Ante on Iran
3. FY13 Foreign Ops - House Version
4. Hearings & Confirmations
5. Members on Passage of HR 4133
6. Members on the Record
7. From the Press

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Legislative Round-Up: Week Ending April 27, 2012

By Lara Friedman on April 27, 2012 12:35 PM | No Comments

1. Bills, Resolutions & Letters
2. Hearings & Confirmations
3. Members on the Record
4. From the Press

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Legislative Round-Up: Week Ending April 20, 2012

By Lara Friedman on April 20, 2012 4:26 PM | No Comments

1. Bills, Resolutions & Letters
2. Clinton Over-Rules Ros-Lehtinen on Palestinian Aid
3. Hearings & Confirmations
4. Members on the Record
5. From the Press

Congress was back this week from its Spring Break. During the break, there were two APN articles of note, both in the Daily Beast's Open Zion blog: Israel's Less-Than-Resilient Democracy (a response to Ambassador Oren) and Yes, Israel is Thriving, But All's Not Well (a response to Elliott Abrams). Another important piece worth highlighting is by NIAC's Jamal Abdi in the Huffington Post 4/13/12: How Hawks on the Hill Plan to Kill Talks with Iran

Also, NORPAC's annual mission to Washington is coming up on May 9.

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Legislative Round-Up: Week Ending March 30, 2012

By Lara Friedman on March 30, 2012 3:53 PM | 1 Comment

1. Bills, Resolutions & Letters
2. Reid tries to Rush Through New Iran Sanctions
3. Hold lifted on part of Palestinian aid (with conditions)
4. Hearings & Confirmations
5. Members on the Record
6. From the Press

Note: On 3/27/12 the Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a new report on Iran, entitled "Israel: Possible Military Strike Against Iran's Nuclear Facilities". The report was the subject of a lot of media coverage. Rather than include that coverage here, we prefer to recommend that people read the report for themselves.

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Legislative Round-Up: Week Ending March 23, 2012

By Lara Friedman on March 23, 2012 3:20 PM | No Comments

1. New, Resolutions, and Letters
2. Hearings
3. Members on the Record
4. From the Press

Note: Last week Jon Stewart's The Daily Show focused on something that has been covered a lot in the Round-Up - the cut-off of aid to UNESCO due to UNESCO's admittance of the Palestinians (based on a law that dates back from an era when the PLO was an FTO and when the term "Palestinian state" was radioactive). The Daily Show devoted two segments to the topic - both are well-worth watching. America's Problem with UNESCO Pt. 1; America's Problem with UNESCO Pt. 2

Also of special note: Reuters 3/23/12: U.S. lawmaker [Key Granger] releases hold on aid to Palestinians

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Legislative Round-Up: February 18 - March 16, 2012

By Lara Friedman on March 16, 2012 1:46 PM | No Comments

1. New Bills & Resolutions
2. Action on Old Bills & Resolutions
3. Letters
4. AIPAC on the Hill
5. Upcoming Hearings
6. Past Hearings
7. Members on the Record
8. From the Press

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Legislative Round-Up: February 13-17, 2012

By Lara Friedman on February 17, 2012 1:22 PM | No Comments

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APN Legislative Round-Up

for the week ending

February 17, 2012

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1. Bills, Resolutions & Letters

2. Egypt in the Spotlight

3. Obama Sends FY13 Foreign Affairs Budget to Congress

4. Odds & Ends

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Legislative Round-Up: January 31-February 10, 2012

By Lara Friedman on February 10, 2012 3:14 PM | No Comments

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APN Legislative Round-Up

for the period of

January 31- February 10, 2012

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1. Bills, Resolutions & Letters

2. Odds & Ends

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Legislative Round-up: January 21-31, 2012

By Lara Friedman on January 31, 2012 12:06 PM | No Comments

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APN Legislative Round-Up

for the period of

January 21-31, 2012

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1. Bills, Resolutions & Letters

2. Odds & Ends

Apologies for the belated and abbreviated Round-Up this week (and the absent Round-Up this coming Friday) -- both are due mainly to the visit to the U.S. of Jerusalem expert Danny Seidemann, who is in the U.S. discussing current developments/trends in East Jerusalem settlement construction, and the imminent threat they pose to the viability of the two-state solution. His visit coincides with the publication of a new map presentation laying out these current developments/trends and projecting (conservatively) what the map of Jerusalem will look like at the end of 2013, assuming these trends continue unchecked. That presentation can be viewed/downloaded here.

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