House pass­es bill expand­ing def­i­n­i­tion of anti­semitism as protests engulf col­lege cam­pus­es

The House passed a bill on Wednes­day that will expand the def­i­n­i­tion of anti­semitism used when apply­ing the Civ­il Rights Act to uni­ver­si­ties despite Demo­c­ra­t­ic push­back as pro-Pales­tin­ian and anti-Israel demon­stra­tions are spread­ing across col­lege cam­pus­es. 
House mem­bers vot­ed 320–91 to require the Edu­ca­tion Depart­ment to cod­i­fy the Inter­na­tion­al Holo­caust Remem­brance Alliance’s work­ing def­i­n­i­tion of anti­semitism in Title VI of the Civ­il Rights Act of 1964. Though a major­i­ty of Repub­li­cans vot­ed for the bill, 21 Repub­li­cans joined 70 Democ­rats in oppos­ing the mea­sure.
The Anti­semitism Aware­ness Act of 2023, intro­duced by Rep. Mike Lawler (R‑NY), is the lat­est step being tak­en by House Repub­li­cans to com­bat anti­semitism on cam­pus­es after protests sprout­ed up at col­leges like Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty, Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia, Los Ange­les, U …