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Bill name: Antisemitic Awareness Act

Current status: Passed house, awaiting vote in Senate

Good explainer by US news https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2024-05-07/explainer-the-controversy-surrounding-the-antisemitism-bill

Article about 700 Jewish professors who opposed the bill https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4651826-jewish-professors-biden-antisemitism-legislation/

ACLU statement against bill: https://www.aclu.org/documents/aclu-urges-congress-to-oppose-anti-semitism-awareness-act

Vote tally: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024172

Voted for bill: Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Salinas (D-OR), Bentz (R-OR)

Voted against bill: Val Hoyle (D-OR), Bonamici (D-OR), Blumenauer (D-OR)

If you feel passionately about this bill, contact your senators and Joe Biden who will have the final say if it passes the senate:

Jeff Merkeley (202) 224-3753

Ron Wyden (202) 224-5244

Joe Biden (202) 456-1111

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

The amazing thing about “free speech” as a concept in the US is that it refers to speech you agree with, any other speech is game for being banned.

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