The U.S. Senate passed a national defense spending bill for fiscal year 2024 shortly before their August recess without language in the Republican-led House's version of the bill barring abortion or coverage for gender transitions. Lawmakers will have to reconcile the two
U.S. House lawmakers called the global status of religious liberty "dire" during a hearing July 18, citing concerns across the globe from China to Nicaragua.
At a hearing of the Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations titled, "The Dire
U.S. bishops, other Catholics criticize ‘statement of principles’ on abortion by House Democrats
After more than two dozen Catholic Democratic House lawmakers signed a "statement of principles" advocating for abortion access that cited tenets of their faith as their rationale, the U.S. bishops and other Catholics pushed back, arguing their position was contrary to church
President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan bill approved by Congress to suspend the debt ceiling June 3, just days before a June 5 deadline to address that limit or risk a U.S. government default.
In an Oval Office address June 2, Biden said,
The U.S. Senate on June 1 passed its version of a compromise bill brokered by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, just days before a June 5 deadline to address the debt ceiling or risk a U.S. government default.
The Senate
As Title 42 draws to its scheduled close, House Republicans are planning to vote on border security legislation criticized by the U.S. bishops.
Senate rejects effort to overturn rule allowing VA abortion coverage in vote bishops call a ‘gross failure’
The U.S. Senate April 19 rejected a Congressional Review Act resolution that would have overturned the Department of Veterans Affairs' interim final rule to include abortion in veterans' and their dependents' health benefits.
The rule, implemented by the Biden administration last year after
House committee subpoenas FBI for documents over withdrawn memo on ‘radical traditionalist’ Catholics
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued new subpoenas to the FBI on April 10 for documents as House Republicans investigate a leaked and withdrawn memo from the bureau’s Richmond field office about political extremism in some Catholic
President Joe Biden announced March 14 he would sign an executive order aiming to increase the number of background checks on prospective gun buyers, as well as measures to promote red flag laws and the secure storage of firearms.
The executive order, released
On Feb. 7, President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union Address, his first to a divided Congress since Republicans took over the House. And while the president’s speech highlighted some efforts at the center of Catholic social teaching, other critical