How House Republicans Are Responding To Campus Protests

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🗓️ 1 May 2024

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Summary

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson visited Columbia University with fellow members of the House Republican conference and met with students who said they felt unsafe on campus in the midst of protests calling on the university to shed its investments related to Israel. Now, Johnson is moving forward with legislation aimed at combating campus antisemitism — though some Democrats are criticizing the effort as a political stunt that could curb legitimate criticism of the Israeli government.

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0:58.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamara Keith. I cover the White House.
1:02.0	I'm Barbara Sprint, I cover Congress. And I'm Tamar Keith I cover the White House. I'm Barbara Sprint I cover Congress and I'm
1:04.5	Mara Laiuson National Political Correspondent.
1:07.0	NPR has extensively covered the student protests over Israel's handling of the
1:12.2	war in Gaza and the police crackdowns on some college
1:15.2	campuses.
1:16.2	Today on the pod, Congress is weighing in with legislation.
1:20.2	The House is set to vote today.
1:22.8	Who is behind this legislation?
1:25.0	This bill, the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act,
1:27.2	is sponsored by Mike Lawler, a Republican from New York.
1:30.7	He has been vocal on this issue. He traveled with House Speaker Mike Johnson
1:34.7	last week to Columbia to talk to students who've reported feeling unsafe on their
1:39.0	college campus because they're Jewish. Okay and and Barbara, what does this anti-Semitism Awareness Act actually do?
1:47.1	What does it say?
1:48.1	Yeah, I mean, this bill would adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of anti-Semitism to apply to federally
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