Daily Kickoff: Congress urges funding bump for antisemitism envoy + Rep. John James’ first week

👋 Good Friday morning! Ed. note: In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the next edition of the Daily Kickoff will arrive on Tuesday morning. In today’s Daily Kickoff, we have a scoop on a call from Capitol Hill to increase funding to the State Department’s Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, and spotlight Rep.