Issue 61: Friday, 21 Jan 2022

THIS WEEK IN DC — Democrats Fail To Change Senate Rules To Overcome GOP Opposition On Voting Rights; Pelosi Opens The Door To Stock Trading Ban; Jan. 6 Committee Seeks Testimony From Ivanka Trump; Biden Administration Will Provide 400 Million N95 Masks For Free Starting Next Week; Ukraine Tension: Biden Says He Thinks Putin Will 'Move In'; Supreme Court Seems Likely To Side With Sen. Ted Cruz In Campaign Finance Case; Congress Mulls Independent Immigration Courts As Backlog Soars; DNC Torn Over Biden Messaging As Midterms Loom; ‘Build Back Better’ Hit A Wall, But Climate Action Could Move Forward; Manchin, Collins Leading Talks On Overhauling Election Law, Protecting Election Officials.

IN THIS ISSUE

Interfaith Press Conference: Interfaith Leaders Join to Protest Violence
MPAC Congratulates Nusrat Jahan Choudhury On Historic Nomination
Join us for our Congressional Leadership Development Program Open House

Interfaith Leaders Join to Protest Violence

In the wake of the attack on the synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, we will join together with a group of multi faith leaders in solidarity to protest hate, violence, and polarization.

Tune into our Facebook Livestream TODAY at 11:30am PT.

MPAC Congratulates Nusrat Jahan Choudhury On Historic Nomination

This week President Biden nominated who could be the first American Muslim female federal judge, if confirmed. MPAC congratulates Nusrat Jahan Choudhury on her nomination to serve as a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Upon confirmation, Choudhury would not only be the second American Muslim Article III federal judge in our nation’s history, but also the first Bangladeshi American confirmed to the federal bench.

Read our full statement →

Applications OPEN: Join us for our 2022 CLDP Open House!

Applications are open for our 2022 Congressional Leadership Development Program (CLDP)! Are you or someone you know ready to avail this unique opportunity valued at $10,000?

Our CLDP program is offered at zero cost to accepted candidates and places youth in a coveted Capitol Hill internship position for 10 weeks during the summer. Fellows gain critical first hand experience on how Congress functions, what goes on behind closed doors – and what the legislative process actually looks like.

Do you have questions about the application process or the experience on Capitol Hill? Join us for our CLDP Virtual Open House session and get your questions answered!

Register for our Open House on Jan 23 at 12pm ET →
Learn more and apply for our CLDP program →

GOOD TO KNOW

Newly declassified video shows U.S. killing of 10 civilians in drone strike
How Washington flew into a 5G mess
Texas says supply chain issues have limited the number of voter registration forms it can give out
Food Network competition features Muslim woman From Michigan
A statue of Theodore Roosevelt was removed from outside New York's Museum of Natural History

- THIS WEEK IN HISTORY -

Jan 16, 929 - Caliphate of Cordoba is established by Emir Abd-al-Rahman III; Jan 16, 1120 - The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem; Jan 16, 1979 - Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran for Egypt during the Iranian Revolution; Jan 19, 1899 - Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms; Jan 20, 820 - Muslim jurist Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, dies; Jan 20, 1979 - 1 million Iranians march in Tehran in a show of support for the exiled Ayatollah Khomeini; Jan 22, 1263 - Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar, born (d. 1328); Jan 22, 1517 - Ottoman forces take Cairo, capital of the Mamluk Sultanate; Jan 22, 1957 - Israeli forces withdraw from Sinai Peninsula.

Jan 16, 1776 - Continental Congress approves enlistment of free African Americans; Jan 17, 1821 - Mexico permits Moses Austin and 300 US families to settle in Texas. After his death, Moses leaves the settlement to son Stephen, the founder of Texas; Jan 17, 1961 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military-industrial complex"; Jan 19, 1955 - First presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower); Jan 20, 1785 - Samuel Ellis advertises to sell Oyster Island (Ellis Island), no takers; Jan 20, 1869 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes first woman to testify before US Congress; Jan 21, 1677 - First medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), published in Boston; Jan 21, 1861 - Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and 4 other southern senators resign (U.S Civil War); Jan 22, 1941 - First mass killing of Jews in Romania; Jan 22, 1973 - Roe vs Wade: US Supreme Court legalizes most abortions.

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