House of Representatives

Holocaust Memorial Museum board looks to oust Bernie Sanders after years of absence - report

According to records the New York Post claims to have been supplied, Sanders has not attended a single one of the biannual meetings since he was appointed to the position 18 years ago.

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US SENATOR Bernie Sanders speaks at a May Day rally in Philadelphia earlier this month. In a Senate committee meeting, Sanders said: ‘We can agree that antisemitism is unacceptable in all forms, but some of us happen to believe that the response of the Netanyahu government to the Hamas attack is al
US Representative Steny Hoyer speaking during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, DC on March 24, 2019.

Longtime pro-Israel Democrat Steny Hoyer announces retirement from Congress

Hoyer’s departure deprives Congress of a pro-Israel stalwart at a time when support for Israel is on the decline in both major parties.

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US PRESIDENT Donald Trump attends an event to sign an executive order authorizing the construction of an access road to the Ambler mining district in Alaska, at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, October 6, 2025.

Trump administration to overturn Biden's Minnesota mining ban

The move has been in development for much of the past year and involves a complex series of legislative steps that will benefit Antofagasta's Twin Metals copper, cobalt, and nickel project.

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US PRESIDENT Donald Trump gestures as he addresses House Republicans at their annual issues conference retreat, at the Kennedy Center, renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center by the Trump-appointed board of directors, in Washington, DC, US, January 6, 2026.

Trump declares he will get impeached if Republicans lose midterms, plans to meet health insurers

Trump spoke to House Republicans at the Kennedy Center, a Washington performing arts center that was recently renamed to include a mention of Trump.

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Majority Leader Steve Scalise to 'Post': Republicans will propose new Iranian sanctions

The US should support however Israel decides to respond to Iran, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) told The Jerusalem Post before unveiling a series of bills expressing support for Israel.

APRIL 15, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
Majority Leader of the US House of Representatives, Steve Scalise, speaks at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Gathering at a Historic Synagogue, Sixth & I, in Washington, DC.

Representatives urge US to sanction Gaza group Popular Resistance Committees for role in Oct. 7

PRC participated in Hamas' attacks on October 7 and boasted about their involvement, according to a release from Rep. Brad Sherman's office.

APRIL 9, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
Rep. Brad Sherman, September 16, 2020.

Leading Jewish Democratic group endorses Jamaal Bowman’s primary challenger

This week, footage surfaced by Politico showed Bowman at a November rally expressing doubt that Israeli women had been raped on October 7, calling the allegations “propaganda.”

MARCH 28, 2024ByLUKE TRESS/JTA
REP. JAMAAL BOWMAN (D-New York) speaks at a watch party in Yonkers, New York, last year.

‘March Madness’ in the House of Chaos - opinion

Before leaving on yet another recess, the House was thrown into one more crisis when conspiracy theorist and Jewish space laser discoverer Marjorie Taylor Greene tossed one of her trademark bombs.

MARCH 28, 2024ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
US House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) pumps fists with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) before the State of the Union address.

Bipartisan bill introduced to make reporting campus antisemitism, and discrimination easier

“All students deserve to learn and live on college campuses without fear of discrimination, harassment, or intimidation,” Manning said in the release.

MARCH 20, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
Members of the 118th Congress raise their right hands as they are sworn into office to serve in the US House of Representatives on the fourth day of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, US, January 7, 2023.

South Carolina congresswoman calls for uniform antisemitism reporting for colleges

The Department of Education should terminate federal assistance to any college or university that fails to comply with the proposed reporting requirements, it went on. 

MARCH 20, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
US Rep. Nancy Mace (R-NC) addresses the press.

US Congress deal bars US funds to UNRWA until March 2025, sources say

The US Senate passed legislation last month cutting off funding for the agency, part of a $95 billion bill providing aid to Israel that has stalled in the House of Representativies.

MARCH 20, 2024ByREUTERS
The UNRWA school gate is pictured in the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem in the West Bank, February 5, 2024.

Jewish Federations praise US House for passing TikTok bill, citing antisemitism on app

JFNA said it urges the Senate to pass the bill and send it to President Biden, who indicated he will sign it. 

MARCH 13, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN, REUTERS
A view shows the office of TikTok after the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app or face a ban, in Culver City, California, March 13, 2024.

Georgia politician accused of antisemitism for remark about Jewish writer

Georgia State Representative Esther Panitch, urged Rep. Mike Collins to delete the comment.

MARCH 4, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
Mike Collins, who is running for election to the US House to represent Georgia's 10th Congressional District, delivers a speech during a rally in support of defendants being prosecuted in the January 6 attack on the Capitol, in Washington, US, September 18, 2021.

Netanyahu shows 'utter disregard' for Palestinian lives - Six House Democrats

"He has shamefully been unwilling to allow humanitarian services in at the scale needed.”

MARCH 2, 2024ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
U.S. House Democrats from left to right Becca Balint of Vermont, Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania and Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut tour the West Bank village of Khirbet Zanutah in Feb. 20, 2024.