{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fortenberry.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/jewish-news-labour-mp-washington-promoting-peace-initiatives", "Jewish News: Labour MP in Washington promoting peace initiatives", "2016-12-06", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Jeff Fortenberry", "F000449", "fortenberry.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Labour MP Joan Ryan was in Washington, D.C. this week arguing for American money towards peace-building initiatives in Israel and the Palestinian territories, which aims to spend \u00a3160 million ($200 million) per year.\nRyan, chair of Labour Friends of Israel, met U.S. politicians and advisers to press the case for the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, which is modelled on the fund created in Northern Ireland to help the transition into power-sharing.\nThe British delegation met Republican Congressman Jeff Fortenberry, who is co-sponsoring a bill to authorise U.S. cash for the fund, which would support \u201cjoint economic and civil society projects\u201d and \u201cpromote coexistence\u201d.\nRyan said the fund was \u201can idea whose time has come,\u201d adding that the International Fund for Ireland \u201cdid so much to underpin the Good Friday Agreement by building strong popular constituencies for peace\u201d.\nShe added: \u201cU.S\u00a0leadership plays an essential role, and I was delighted that, at the outset of our campaign, I was able to visit Washington to help drive home this message.\u201d\nLFI said Britain\u2019s international development spending on coexistence was \u201cpitiful,\u201d so the parliamentary lobby group is campaigning to increase it to \u00a31.35m. This would be part of a wider \u00a340m ($50m) contribution from Europe, with the rest coming from the U.S, the rest of the international community \u2013 including the Arab world \u2013 and private foundations and individuals.\nClick here to read the entire article.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://fortenberry.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/jewish-news-labour-mp-washington-promoting-peace-initiatives"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1183908209204674, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}