Jamaal Bowman
Some of the key events about Jamaal Bowman
- 1999Earned a bachelor's degree in sports management from Manhattanville College
- 2006Founded the Cornerstone Academy for Social Action, a public middle school in the Bronx
- 2009Received a master's degree in educational leadership from the City College of New York
- 2019Announced candidacy for New York's 16th congressional district
- 2020Won the Democratic primary, defeating 16-term incumbent Eliot Engel
- 2020Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New York's 16th congressional district
- 2020Faced criticism for tweets comparing standardized testing to slavery
- 2021Sworn in as a member of the 117th United States Congress
- 2021Appointed to the House Committee on Education and Labor
- 2021Introduced the Green New Deal for Public Schools Act
- 2021Apologized for voting "present" instead of "yes" on Iron Dome funding bill
- 2021Criticized for comments appearing to compare climate change to the Holocaust
- 2022Re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for a second term
- 2022Accused of violating House ethics rules by accepting free gifts
- 2023Criticized for comments suggesting Israel is not a democracy
- 2023Faced backlash for voting against a resolution condemning Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel
- 2023Criticized for initially refusing to condemn Hamas' actions in Israel
- 2023Accused of antisemitism for comments made about Israel and the conflict with Hamas
- 2023Faced calls for censure from some colleagues over his stance on Israel-Hamas conflict
- 2023Criticized for participating in pro-Palestinian protests at the U.S. Capitol
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