House plans vote on cam­pus anti­semitism bill as anti-Israel protests spread

The House will take up a vote on an anti­semitism bill next week fol­low­ing the rise of anti-Israel and anti-Jew­ish rhetoric on uni­ver­si­ty and col­lege cam­pus­es.
The Rules Com­mit­tee plans to meet on Mon­day to take up sev­er­al bills, includ­ing the Anti­semitism Aware­ness Act of 2023. It was intro­duced by Rep. Mike Lawler (R‑NY), who joined sev­er­al House Repub­li­cans at Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty to con­demn pro-Pales­tin­ian pro­test­ers and call on the institution’s pres­i­dent, Minouche Shafik, to step down.
“It is time for Pres­i­dent Shafik to resign in dis­grace,” Lawler said on Wednes­day. “She has lost con­trol of this cam­pus. She has lost con­trol of this insti­tu­tion. And after lis­ten­ing to her com­ments inside, it is clear that she has no inten­tion of get­ting this uni­ver­si­ty under con­trol and ensur­ing the safe­ty and well-being of every stu­dent.”
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