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The Times of Israel

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Topic: Congress

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December 21, 2012
8:07 pm

Jewish clergy lobby against social program spending cuts

Rabbis join other religious leaders in call to protect poor during US ‘fiscal cliff’ negotiations

December 14, 2012
11:32 pm

Rep. Gary Ackerman is one of a number of veteran pro-Israel lawmakers leaving Congress. (Courtesy of the Israel Policy Forum via JTA)

New US Congress will be missing some of its longtime pro-Israel pillars

Retirements and defeats mean a new group of supporters will take the reins on Middle East issues

By Ron Kampeas

December 12, 2012
4:50 pm

Bi-partisan letter urging Pollard’s release circulated in US Congress

Statement has so far collected 40 signatures and will be sent to President Obama

November 16, 2012
1:11 pm

Relations were expected to improve between US President Barack Obama (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin, pictured in 2009, after the revocation of the Jackson-Vanik amendment. (photo credit: AP/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

US Congress set to replace historic law that helped free Soviet Jewry

With the support of Jewish groups, American legislators are expected to end Jackson-Vanik restrictions on Russia

By Ron Kampeas

November 7, 2012
11:59 am

What I gained when I lost my race for congress

My campaign showed that proud religious Jews can compete as viable candidates

By Shmuley Boteach

October 16, 2012
11:07 pm

A letter to Congress by prominent American Protestant leaders calling for an investigation and possible suspension of US aid to Israel has upset Jewish-Christian ties. (Photo credit: FCNL/Graphics by Uri Fintzy via JTA)

Incensed Jewish groups weigh response to Protestant letter on Israel

Major US organizations consider canceling meeting with Christian counterparts over letter to Congress calling for possible aid cut

By Neil Rubin

October 11, 2012
2:47 pm

View of the Dome of the Rock, as seen from a window of the Dominus Flevit church in the Old City of Jerusalem (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Church leaders urge members of Congress to reconsider US aid to Israel

ADL withdraws from interfaith dialogue, other Jewish groups issue bitter protests, in response to ‘outrageous’ letter asserting widespread Israeli human rights violations

By Gabe Fisher and JTA

September 18, 2012
11:27 am

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Amid unrest, Clinton to lobby lawmakers on Mideast aid

From the web Reuters: Secretary to push for continued flow of billions of dollars to Egypt and other countries caught up in violent anti-US protests

September 5, 2012
2:16 pm

Jewish immigrants from Iraq arriving at Atlit transit camp, June 1951 (photo credit: GPO)

New Israeli advocacy campaign spotlights Jewish refugees from Arab countries

Project seeking to correct ‘historic injustices’ of 1948 strikes a nerve in Arab media

By Michal Shmulovich

August 20, 2012
5:58 am

Swimmers in the Sea of Galilee (illustrative photo: Doron Horowitz/Flash90)

FBI investigated congressmen’s late-night swim in the Galilee — Politico

Website reports that Kansas lawmaker went for nude dip in the Sea of Galilee during trip last year

By Times of Israel staff

August 11, 2012
6:23 pm

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, and vice presidential candidate Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., wave at the crowd during a campaign event, Saturday. (photo credit: AP)

Ryan seen as Romney’s bridge across party spectrum

At 42, Ryan has spent almost half of his life in the Washington fold, the last 14 representing a southern Wisconsin district that runs from the shores of Lake Michigan through farm country south of Madison

By BRIAN BAKST and Todd Richmond

June 14, 2012
2:13 am

Gabriella Giffords and her replacement Ron Barber in June. (photo credit: AP/Ross D. Franklin, pool)

Arizona picks Dem to replace shot Jewish congresswoman

Ron Barber, also shot in rampage, was hand-picked successor to Gabriella Giffords in highly-contested district

May 27, 2012
11:18 pm

US Republican Senator John McCain speaking in Jerusalem in February 2012 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

US Senator McCain: Don’t count on Russia to force out Assad

Republican leader calls Obama’s policy on Syria ‘feckless’; Romney says president must heed Congress’s calls for more assertive steps

April 27, 2012
12:11 am

US oil firm Chevron was unintentionally infected with a virus reportedly designed to attack Iranian targets. (photo credit: Sophie Gordon / Flash 90)

US Congress raises alarm on Iranian cyber threat

From the web InformationWeek: Tehran’s growing cyber capabilities are a ‘real and genuine challenge,’ lawmakers and foreign policy observers warn

April 14, 2012
9:08 am

The American Nazi Party seal. (photo credit: americannaziparty.com)

US Nazis get their own lobbyist in Washington

From the web John Bowles to push for ‘political rights and ballot access laws,’ says US News and World Report

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