Senator Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat who is one of the most forceful liberal voices in the Senate, said on Thursday she will not seek re-election in 2016. Boxer, 74, said in a video posted on her website that she will focus on making sure a Democrat is elected to replace her, and on the…
Sen. Lindsey Graham said in Jerusalem that the Senate will vote next month on an bill to reimpose sanctions if nuclear talks falter. Graham (R-S.C.), who is expected to take over as chairman of the Foreign Appropriations Subcommittee when the Republicans assume control of the Senate in January, met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in…
The U.S. Senate approved Reform movement leader Rabbi David Saperstein as Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom at the State Department. The Senate approved Saperstein for the post on Friday by a vote of 61 to 35. He will be the fourth person and the first non-Christian to serve in the post. The ambassador…
Video: Nate Lavey The U.S. Senate approved a bill that would end Social Security payments to former Nazis. The No Social Security for Nazis Act passed Dec. 4 by voice vote. Having passed the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously earlier in the week, the bill now goes to President Obama for his signature. It closes…
(JTA) — Should Republicans win the Senate and maintain control of the House of Representatives on Nov. 4 the political gridlock that has characterized much of President Obama’s term is poised to intensify. Jewish strategies, however, will remain the same: focus on areas, however marginal, where successes are within reach. Among the areas: funding for elderly…
Jewish groups joined disability rights activists in expressing disappointment with the U.S. Senate’s failure to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. As it did in December 2012, the Senate failed to ratify the United Nations treaty that is designed to promote the rights of people with disabilities across the globe. “Today…
(JTA) — Georgia’s U.S. Senate race has just experienced a shakeup with the leaking of an eight-month old draft strategy memo — first reported by National Review — written for the campaign of Democratic candidate Michelle Nunn. The memo provides an unvarnished look at how a modern Senate campaign is actually run, and among those…
Stanley Fischer, the former governor of the Bank of Israel, is a step closer to becoming vice chairman of the Federal Reserve. The Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve President Obama’s nomination of Fischer. His confirmation by the full Senate is expected late next month, according to reports. Fischer stepped down in…
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