Senate antisemitism task force relaunches with 56 members
06/09/2021
The Senate’s Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism relaunched with 56 members, divided equally between Democrats and Republicans, co-chairs Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and James Lankford (R-OK) announced Tuesday afternoon.
The group — the first of its kind in the Senate — was founded in 2019 by Rosen and Lankford with 38 members and follows the model of a similar House task force.
The 21 new members of the group for the current Congress are Sens. Michael Bennet (D-CO), John Boozman (R-AR), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Steve Daines (R-MT), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Ben Ray Lújan (D-NM), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Jim Risch (R-ID), Rick Scott (R-FL), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), John Tester (D-MT), John Thune (R-SD), Mark Warner (D-VA), Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Roger Wicker (R-MS).
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