(Hill) The House passed legislation on Tuesday to create a special office within the State Department to combat Islamophobia globally as Democratic leaders sought to find a way to unify their party against anti-Muslim hatred while stopping short of progressives’ calls to remove Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) from committees for her attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
Lawmakers passed the bill along party lines, 219-212.
Progressives have introduced a measure to kick Boebert off committees for her Islamophobic comments last month suggesting that Omar, one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, could be a terrorist.
But party leaders remain wary of going as far as removing Boebert from committees like they did with Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) earlier this year for promoting violence against Democrats.
