[Peace] URGENT: Need Paul, Lee, Durbin, Murphy, Franken help ASAP on free speech

[Robert Naiman]

Game over. We lost.

>From FCNL:

We heard the bill just passed the Senate by UC. I spoke to a senator’s
office that did put a hold on it (and wishes to remain anonymous), but then
Sen Scott went to the floor to request to live UC it, so for a senator to
continue to block it, that would have required that a Senator go down to
the floor and speak on the floor against it. The senator that put a hold on
it did not want to do that, so it passed by UC



Robert Naiman
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Just Foreign Policy
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On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Niloofar Shambayati <
niloofar.peace at gmail.com> wrote:

> Robert,
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> Below are the phone numbers of the senators you mentioned in your email.
> Don't know if this is already too late or not. The only Lee I found is a
> Republican.
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> Everyone, please, call! We shouldn't allow criticism of Israel be legally
> conflated with anti-semitism. A bill to protect us from white supremacists
> must include all the other groups that are being targeted.
>
>
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> *Casey, Robert P., Jr. - (D - PA)      *
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> *(202) 224-6324 <(202)%20224-6324>*
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> Durbin, Richard J. - (D - IL)
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>  (202) 224-2152
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> Franken, Al - (D - MN)
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> (202) 224-5641
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> Paul, Rand - (R - KY)
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> (202) 224-4343
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> Murphy, Christopher - (D - CT)
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> (202) 224-4041
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> Lee, Mike - (R - UT)
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> (202) 224-5444
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> Leahy, Patrick J. - (D - VT)
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> (202) 224-4242
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> Murray, Patty - (D - WA)
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>  (202) 224-2621
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> Reid, Harry - (D - NV)
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> (202) 224-3542
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> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 11:07 AM, Robert Naiman via Peace <
> peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
>> Date: Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:16 AM
>> Subject: URGENT: Need Paul, Lee, Durbin, Murphy, Franken help ASAP on
>> free speech
>>
>> Some of you have probably seen this already, a really problematic bill
>> that conflates anti-Semitism with criticism of Israel. Seems to be moving
>> through the Senate very quickly.
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.casey.senate.gov/newsroom/releases/with-attacks-
>> on-the-rise-sens-casey-and-scott-introduce-bipartisan-anti-s
>> emitism-awareness-act
>>
>>
>>
>> This may be useful: a 2015 report from the Foundation for Individual
>> Rights in Education that adopting this definition of anti-Semitism would
>> likely violate the 1st amendment:
>>
>> https://www.thefire.org/state-departments-anti-semitism-defi
>> nition-would-likely-violate-first-amendment-on-public-campuses/
>>
>>
>>
>> It also needs to be pointed out to each of the orgs backing this --
>> AIPAC, ADL, Wiesenthal Center, and Jewish Federations -- that they can't
>> ever again claim that anti-Semitism accusations aren't used to chill
>> criticism of Israel.
>>
>>
>> Hearing confirmed for today. Will come up on the floor and it will pass
>> by unanimous consent if another Senator does not object. Calls to Casey are
>> needed now asking him to hold off. Calls to other Senators (especially
>> Leahy, Durbin, Murphy, Franken, Murray, Reid, Paul, Lee) asking them to
>> object.  Letters from organizations would also be helpful to let them know
>> this is not a non-controversial naming of a post-office to pass under
>> unanimous consent.
>>
>>
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