Tag: Congress
U.S. bishops express ‘grave concern’ to Congress regarding $72 billion budget...
WASHINGTON -- A group of U.S. bishops, most from the U.S.-Mexico border region, wrote a May 20 letter to members of Congress expressing "grave...
Catholic groups serving the poor call for action to end federal...
WASHINGTON -- Congressional lawmakers failed to pass legislation to fund the federal government, resulting in a federal government shutdown at the end of September....
Congress faces shutdown deadline as Catholic groups warn nation’s poor at...
WASHINGTON -- After lawmakers returned to Washington from their August recess, they faced a familiar deadline: Passing legislation to fund the federal government and...
Care for the poor, the sick and the marginalized needs to...
By Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak, OSV News
Our Catholic tradition says time and again that how a society treats its most vulnerable members is a...
‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ needs to include life and dignity...
By Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski , OSV News
The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" passed in the House of Representatives and is now in the...
Republicans secure majority of U.S. House of Representatives, projected to control...
WASHINGTON -- Republicans secured a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives, according to a Nov. 12 projection by data provider Decision Desk HQ,...
Catholic advocates applaud congressional framework for enhancement of Child Tax Credit,...
WASHINGTON -- The chief congressional tax writers announced Jan. 16 a framework for a bipartisan, bicameral deal that would enhance the Child Tax Credit,...
Incivility between congressional Democrats and Republicans grows, but possible solutions exist
WASHINGTON -- Relations between congressional Democrats and Republicans are growing increasingly contentious, but possible solutions exist, including the relaunch of a civility and respect...
118th Congress elects Kevin McCarthy Speaker of the House as two...
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was elected Speaker of the House Jan. 7 after a tumultuous process that stretched across the first week...
U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi stepping stepping down as House speaker, Democratic...
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., quoted from the Book of Ecclesiastes Nov. 17, saying that "Scripture teaches us that for everything, there...