Senators Joseph Lieberman (CT), Susan Collins (ME), Dianne Feinstein (CA), Robert Byrd (WV), George Voinovich (OH), and John Ensign (NV) are working hard to get the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program reauthorized. The USCCB is very grateful for their efforts to fund scholarships for students from low-income families to attend private schools in the District of Columbia. [...]
Inside this issue: Congress Continues Debate on Jobs Package; USDA Secretary Outlines Priorities for Child Nutrition; Catholic Charities Hosts Leadership Summit in Atlanta, Georgia; White House Hosts Health Care Summit; Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Workforce Development; Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Child Prostitution and Sex Trafficking; Join Our Online Forum to Reduce Poverty; Justice for Immigrant New and Improved Website and Postcard Campaign
Urge Congress to support S. 891/H.R. 4128 to help improve the lives of our Congolese sisters and brothers
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Take Action Now! Urge your members of Congress to help stop the violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by co-sponsoring H.R. 4128 in the House of Representatives or S.891 in the Senate. We need [...]
Urge Your Senators to Support Extension of Jobless Worker Benefits and COBRA.
WHAT: This week, Congress will vote on legislation to promote job growth to continue our nation’s move toward economic recovery. As part of these efforts, Catholic Charities USA asks you to join advocates across the country in urging the U.S. Senate to extend unemployment [...]
Saint Paul – In a February 18, 2010 letter to members of the Minnesota House of Representatives, the Minnesota Catholic bishops urged lawmakers to support a reformed General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC) program that “not only guarantees accessible and quality care to our neighbors with the greatest needs, but does so in a way that [...]
Inside this issue: Senate Continues Negotiations on Jobs Creation Package; Employment Situation Improves in January; Invitation from the Administration to Participate on Conference Call; Congressional Budget Office Releases Cost Estimate for JJDPA; Join Our Online Forum to Reduce Poverty; Join Us at a Catholic Charities Centennial Leadership Summit; Justice for Immigrant New and Improved Website and Postcard Campaign; Please Support Catholic Relief Services’ Efforts in Haiti
WASHINGTON—In a letter to three Cabinet secretaries February 4, the heads of five major Catholic agencies serving Haitian earthquake victims outlined steps that should be taken to ensure the protection of unaccompanied Haitian childrenin the aftermath of the January 12th earthquake.
The leaders of Migration and Refugee Services of the United States Conference of Catholic [...]
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MILWAUKEE — High school dropouts earn less, contribute less to the tax base, and are more likely to go to prison — sobering facts that underscore the importance of a new study showing that the graduation rate for students in Milwaukee’s 20-year-old school choice program was 18 percent higher than for students in the Milwaukee [...]
Take Action Now! Contact your Senators now and urge them to co-sponsor the bipartisan Senate Resolution 404 that supports full implementation of the Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement and efforts to promote peace and stability in Sudan.
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Why is action important now? The volatile situation in Sudan – not just in [...]
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