Washington Policy Weekly

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Jan 31, 2022

    Rep. Gregory Meeks and Democratic colleagues wrote to Secretary Blinken urging the administration to adhere to its commitment to…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Jan 24, 2022

    Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urge Biden to continue efforts to secure the release of journalist Austin…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Jan 18, 2022

    James Risch (R-Idaho), introduced S.3467 to withhold US contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Dec 13, 2021

    Tensions in Congress rose as the Senate prepared to vote on a joint resolution providing congressional disapproval of US…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Dec 6, 2021

    The House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman introduced a bipartisan bill to curb the development of Iran's unmanned combat aerial…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Nov 29, 2021

    Twenty-five House Democratic members wrote a letter to Secretary Blinken expressing their concern about Israel’s plan to build 3,400…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Nov 22, 2021

    Republicans want to prevent the Biden Administration from opening a consulate in Jerusalem and the State Department confirms that…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Nov 15, 2021

    House Democrats issued a joint statement regarding the State Department’s notification of arms sales to Saudi Arabia sent to…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Nov 8, 2021

    Senator Ted Cruz and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart introduced S.3151 and H.R.5840 urging the US secretary of state to designate…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Nov 1, 2021

    Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Florida) introduced H.Res.744 condemning Iran for its persecution of the minority Bahai community, in violation of…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Oct 25, 2021

    Ilhan Omar and Jan Schakowsky introduced the Combating International Islamophobia Act (H.R.5665). The bill mandates that the State Department…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Oct 18, 2021

    The House subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa on October 15 held a briefing on “Tunisia: Examining…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Oct 12, 2021

    Earlier this week, Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) blocked an accelerated vote on the Iron Dome Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Oct 4, 2021

    The Libya Stabilization Act (H.R.1228) passed the House of Representatives in a roll call vote. Initially introduced in late…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Sep 27, 2021

    Progressives in the US House of Representatives attempt to block $1 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome missile system while…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    President Biden’s Mixed Policies for the Middle East

    Sep 20, 2021

    Marcus Montgomery writes that President Biden is reversing some US policies regarding the Middle East, such as declassifying information…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Sep 13, 2021

    A bipartisan group of House members introduced H.R. 5148 to establish a joint US-Israel center to study and develop…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Sep 7, 2021

    The fallout from the US withdrawal from Afghanistan has been fierce and partisan. Although it is largely symbolic and…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Aug 30, 2021

    Democratic members of the House draft legislation to help Iraqi and Afghan refugees settle and find employment in the…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Aug 23, 2021

    I. Congress Congress is still observing its August recess. The House is expected to make an earlier return than…