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Bill Cassidy leans in to fight antisemitism as chair of key Senate committee

JL;DR SUMMARY Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana and chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, is pushing key legislation to combat antisemitism on college campuses in the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in Israel. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Louisiana, United States
"Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, will bring up the Antisemitism Awareness Act."
Vermont, United States
"ultimately convening a bipartisan roundtable on the subject that month after then-committee chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wouldnt allow for a full committee hearing."
Pennsylvania, United States
"Cassidy began pushing for the committee to hold a hearing on the surge in campus antisemitism, ultimately convening a bipartisan roundtable on the subject that month after then-committee chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wouldnt allow for a full committee hearing."
Maine, United States
"Hes brought a lot of attention to the issue that was long overdue, Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), who serves with Cassidy on the HELP Committee, told JI."
Colorado, United States
"I have a lot of respect for him, Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO), who also serves on the HELP committee and is a fellow cosponsor of AAA, said of the Louisiana senator."
Israel
"steps Cassidy has taken to respond to campus antisemitism since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"steps Cassidy has taken to respond to campus antisemitism since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza."
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
"Despite the small Jewish constituency in Louisiana there are only about 20,000 Jews in the state, mostly in the New Orleans area Cassidy has been on the forefront of the effort to address antisemitism in the Senate."

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