Help us Combat International Islamophobia
Poligon and CAIR ( Council on American-Islamic Relations) and invite other American Muslim and allied community members and groups to support of the U.S. Senate adopting the Combating International Islamophobia Act (S.3384). Adopted in the U.S. House last December (H.R.5665), this act would create a special envoy in the U.S. Department of State to monitor and combat international Islamophobia and require the department to annually report on Islamophobia.
Our primary goal is to encourage greater Senate co-sponsorship of this bill and encourage Muslim and allied community members to openly ask their U.S. Senators whether they plan to support this bill and the creation of the Islamophobia envoy position. While we do not necessarily expect the Senate to adopt the act this year, we are hopefully planting the seeds of victory for next year.
Who Is Already a Co-Sponsor?
S.3384 was introduced by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Raphael Warnock (D-GA).
The bill is currently being held up in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) due to lack of Republican Senator cosponsorship. All House Republicans voted against the companion bill to S.3384.
It is important for the Senate version of this bill to gain additional Republican cosponsors because Senate committee procedures require bipartisan support for legislation to be scheduled for a markup and hearing.
Poligon and CAIR ( Council on American-Islamic Relations) and invite other American Muslim and allied community members and groups to support of the U.S. Senate adopting the Combating International Islamophobia Act (S.3384). Adopted in the U.S. House last December (H.R.5665), this act would create a special envoy in the U.S. Department of State to monitor and combat international Islamophobia and require the department to annually report on Islamophobia.
Our primary goal is to encourage greater Senate co-sponsorship of this bill and encourage Muslim and allied community members to openly ask their U.S. Senators whether they plan to support this bill and the creation of the Islamophobia envoy position. While we do not necessarily expect the Senate to adopt the act this year, we are hopefully planting the seeds of victory for next year.
Who Is Already a Co-Sponsor?
S.3384 was introduced by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Raphael Warnock (D-GA).
The bill is currently being held up in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) due to lack of Republican Senator cosponsorship. All House Republicans voted against the companion bill to S.3384.
It is important for the Senate version of this bill to gain additional Republican cosponsors because Senate committee procedures require bipartisan support for legislation to be scheduled for a markup and hearing.
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