Eric Cantor

Tweetfest: Eric Cantor and the death of the Jewish GOP

By Lauren Markoe — June 11, 2014
(RNS) House Majority Leader Eric Cantor -- the only Republican Jewish member of Congress -- lost his primary. The Twitterverse responds.

Congress plants ‘Anne Frank’ sapling at U.S. Capitol

By Lauren Markoe — April 30, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) A three-foot sapling grown from the same Amsterdam tree graces the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, a symbol, lawmakers said, of the young girl's abiding faith in humanity.

The real fights over gay marriage are just starting

By Susan Page — June 27, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) The demise of the Defense of Marriage Act leaves an expanse of battlegrounds and a patchwork of laws. While every state in New England now recognizes same-sex marriages, for instance, not a single state in the South does.
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