Senate condemns attacks on Jewish people in the United States
S.Res. 288 — A resolution condemning the rise in ideologically motivated attacks on Jewish individuals in the United States, including the recent violent assault in Boulder, Colorado, and reaffirming the commitment of the Senate to combating antisemitism and politically motivated violence. · Filed by Dave McCormick (R-PA) · 40 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 18, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The Senate passed a statement against violent attacks on Jewish people. It names a June 2025 assault in Boulder, Colorado. It also names attacks on Israeli Embassy staff and the Pennsylvania Governor's home. The Senate says it will stop hate against Jewish people and violence driven by politics. It calls on police and leaders to charge people and speak against these attacks.
Who it affects
Jewish people and buildings that have been attacked. All people who have the right to practice their religion safely. Police and leaders who charge people for hate crimes.
One thing to notice
The statement names specific attacks that happened and calls on police to act.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
40 cosponsors: 28 Republicans, 11 Democrats, 1 Independents.
- Jun 18, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jun 18, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary”
- Jan 7, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent”
- Jan 7, 2026 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 3 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $760,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 48 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 41% of bills with any report.
Dave McCormick, who sponsored the bill, received $684,750 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Anti-defamation League — $590,000 in 2 reports
- J Street — $170,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- hate against Jewish people — prejudice or anger toward Jewish people
- statement — a formal message about what a group believes
- violence driven by politics — attacks based on political beliefs or ideas
- charge — to accuse someone of a crime in court
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 6, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-21.
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