Senators call for 50% funding increase for antisemitism envoy Sen. Jacky Rosen led a letter calling for funding for the office to be increased to $1.5 million Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Citing rising levels of global antisemitism, 28 joined a new letter calling for a 50% increase in the budget for the State Department’s special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism as part of the 2023 appropriations process. The lawmakers — 27 Democrats and one Republican, Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) — signed a letter , led by Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), to leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s subcommittee on state,...