"On April 1st, the Senate Judiciary Committee of the Illinois State Senate effectively derailed the efforts of Sen. Ira Silverstein to undermine academic boycotts as a form of protest. The committee cast 3 votes for the resolution, 2 against it, and 5 members recorded their votes as 'present.' This means the resolution did not get the required majority to pass in committee, and so it was not passed on to the full State Senate for action. The fact that Silverstein's resolution failed meant that it would be virtually impossible for him to secure the passage of a punitive bill that he had previously introduced requiring the state to withhold funding from universities whose professors or students engage in academic boycott - Senate Bill 3017. The deadline for action on that bill had been extended to today, April 11th. With that deadline upon us it is clear that the bill is dead for this session ..."
http://psgchicago.org/victory-update-on-illinois-anti-boycott-resolution
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