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Mike Lawler Wrote a Bill That Could Put Americans in Prison for 20 Years Over a Boycott. His Own Party Pulled It Off the Floor.

Mike Lawler Wrote a Bill That Could Put Americans in Prison for 20 Years Over a Boycott. His Own Party Pulled It Off the Floor.

The IGO Anti-Boycott Act extends a law carrying up to 20 years in prison and $1 million in fines to Americans who take part in boycotts called for by bodies like the UN. The ACLU said it plainly reaches protected speech. Republicans killed the vote. AIPAC endorsed it, and pro-Israel PACs led by AIPAC have given Lawler $1.18 million.

A Data Center Wanted to Expand Next to a Drinking Water Reservoir in His District. Nine Days Later, Mike Lawler Went on TV to Say the Rules Are the Problem.

A Data Center Wanted to Expand Next to a Drinking Water Reservoir in His District. Nine Days Later, Mike Lawler Went on TV to Say the Rules Are the Problem.

Orangetown's planning board unanimously halted a data center expansion near the Lake Tappan reservoir. New York then paused permits statewide. Lawler's response was a Fox Business hit about innovation and China — and he had already voted for a bill that would have banned states from writing AI rules at all.