State Legislators Vote to Slash Budget at Penn After University Fails to Take Stance Against Anti-Semitism

It’s sad it has come to this, but it’s a step in the right direction.

Citing the University of Pennsylvania’s ambivalence regarding anti-Semitism, Republicans led the state’s House of Representatives to vote to withhold more than $33 million in funding for Penn’s veterinary school, The Associated Press reported Wednesday.

The funding halt comes in the wake of the Dec. 9 resignation of the university’s president, Liz Magill, who was pressured to leave following her refusal in testimony before Congress to clearly denounce campus anti-Semitism.

Although it received simple majorities in two votes, the funding failed to receive the state constitutional requirement of a two-thirds majority, with most Republicans opposing the funding and all Democrats favoring it.

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