Amid caustic rhetoric, House votes to combat Islamophobia

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) speaks to reporters in the wake of anti-Islamic comments made by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) who likened Omar to a bomb-carrying terrorist, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 30, 2021. The House has taken the first formal response to Republican Rep. Boebert’s anti-Muslim remarks by passing a bill to tackle Islamophobia worldwide. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo, File

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The House on Tuesday passed a bill aimed at combating Islamophobia globally, amid an uproar over anti-Muslim rhetoric within the GOP conference that has exacerbated cross-party tensions.

Debate over the legislation devolved late Tuesday night when Rep. Scott Perry

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