Dozens of Democrats voted in favor of a bill that would give the Treasury secretary power to designate nonprofits 'terrorist supporting organizations.'
Over 50 House Democrats voted to give President-elect Donald Trump's Treasury secretary more power over nonprofit organizations.The House voted against the GOP-led Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act Tuesday, with 256 representatives voting in favor, shy of the 270 needed to pass the bill. Over 200 Republicans along with 52 Democrats supported the bill, and one Republican joined the 144 Democrats who opposed it.
Opponents of the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act have warned that the proposed broad authority to deem an organization as supporting 'terrorism' has raised fears that the power will be wielded against nonprofits that are pro-Palestinian.Representative Jamaal Bowman, a Democrat who lost his primary race earlier this year and will be leaving Capitol Hill come January, warned Tuesday that the bill 'will sink us further into authoritarianism.
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