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Legislative Round-Up: September 13, 2019

Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived

 

  1. Bills, Resolutions, & Letters 
  2. More on Recess Travel to Israel
  3. On the Record 
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Legislative Round-Up: August 16, 2019

Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived

  1. Bills, Resolutions, & Letters 
  2. Congress Goes to Israel [+ West Bank] with AIPAC [sorry, I mean with AIEF]
  3. The OTHER Congressional Delegation to Israel/Palestine 
  4. On the Record (general)
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Legislative Roundup - August 2, 2019

Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived

1. Bills, Resolutions, & Letters
2. Hearings
3. On the Record

 

Shameless plugs (from Lara Friedman of the Foundation for Middle East Peace):

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Legislative Round-up: July 25, 2019

Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived

  1. Bills, Resolutions, & Letters - General
  2. On the Record on H. Res. 246
  3. Hearings
  4. On the Record
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Legislative Round-up: July 19, 2019

Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived

  1. Bills, Resolutions, & Letters - General
  2. “US-Israel Cooperation Enhancement & Regional Security Act” (HR 1837)
  3. Hearings
  4. On the Record
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Legislative Round-up: July 12, 2019

Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived

  1. Bills, Resolutions, & Letters - General
  2. FY20 NDAA - House
  3. Hearings
  4. On the Record
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Legislative Round-up: June 28, 2019

Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived

  1. Bills, Resolutions, & Letters - General
  2. FY20 NDAA - Senate
  3. FY20 NDAA - House
  4. Hearings
  5. On the Record
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Legislative Round-up: June 7, 2019

Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived

  1. Bills & Resolutions - Israel/Palestine
  2. Bills & Resolutions - Iran
  3. Bills & Resolutions - Approps/Auth bills
  4. Bills & Resolutions - Syria
  5. Bills & Resolutions - Arms Sales to KSA & UAE
  6. Bills & Resolutions - MISC
  7. Letters
  8. Hearings
  9. On the Record
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Legislative Round-up: May 17, 2019

Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived

  1. Bills, Resolutions, & Letters
  2. SFOPS season starts - House text/report/markups
  3. Hearings
  4. On the Record

NOTE: Congress continues (reportedly) to wrestle with a “fix” for ATCA but related life goes on - as seen notably this week in 2 distinct developments: (1) As noted in yesterday’s summary of the House FY2020 SFOPS, House appropriators appear to have come up with an elegant workaround for ATCA, by funding Palestinian humanitarian needs via accounts not sanctioned under ATCA. Given the insistence of ATCA supporters that ATCA was never intended to prevent such funding, perhaps this approach will be allowed to go forward. And (2) On 5/17 Grassley (R-IA), who was the moving force behind ATCA, put a hold on the Trump Administration’s nominee for Ambassador to Turkey, David Satterfield. He explained in a floor speech his reason: “...the State Department's, through Ambassador Satterfield, consistent efforts to protect the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization from liability and thereby undermine the rights of American victims of Palestinian terrorism. This stands in sharp contrast to the intent of Congress.” Read the full statement to get a full sense of Grassley’s determination to see ATCA’s core purpose - enabling US citizens to sue the PLO and PA out of existence - be implemented.

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Legislative Round-up: May 10, 2019

Produced by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Legislative Round-Up was conceived

  1. Bills, Resolutions, & Letters
  2. Hearings
  3. On the Record
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