Inside this issue: Special Edition of Washington Weekly; CCUSA President Testifies on Gulf Coast Oil Crisis; President Obama Signs Bill to Extend Unemployment Insurance; Catholic Charities USA Attends Meeting on Family Financial Stability; Senate Committee Advances HUD Spending Bill; Human Trafficking Caucus Hosts Briefing on Human Trafficking; Participate in Catholic Charities Sunday; Register Today for Catholic Charities USA’s Centennial Gathering!
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Urge your Members of Congress to Support the Child Nutrition Reauthorization!
What: This week, Catholic Charities USA joined 127 other national organizations urging Congress to pass a strong child nutrition bill. This legislation would strengthen programs like school meals, WIC, and summer and afterschool feeding programs.
Action Needed: Email your Senators and Representative and ask them to [...]
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Inside this issue: House Committee Approves Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill; Bishop Kicanas Testified on Immigration Reform before House Subcommittee; Congress Sends President Financial Reform Legislation; First Lady Introduces Lets Move Campaign for Healthy Children; Senate Appropriations Committee Cuts President Budget Request; Register Today for Catholic Charities USA’s Centennial Gathering!
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Update on Natural Resources and our Catholic Response
“The LORD has eyes for the just and ears for their cry.” – Ps. 34:15-16
Thanks to the incredible efforts of advocates like you throughout the United States, our brothers and sisters in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and in other resource-rich countries across the globe now have [...]
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Take Action Today:
Catholic Charities USA urges you to join advocates from across the country today for a National Call- In Day urging your Congressional Representatives to make Juvenile Justice a priority this year!
What You Can Do:
Call your Representative and Senators today and ask them to help make our nation’s youth a priority in the 111th Congress.
Congressional [...]
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Inside this issue: President Obama Speaks on Immigration; Senate Fails to Advance Jobless Benefits; Rep. Carolyn Maloney Introduces Minor Sex Trafficking Legislation; House Committee Holds Hearing on Child Nutrition Reauthorization; Unemployment Rate Decreases Slightly; Register Today for Catholic Charities USA’s Centennial Gathering!
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Current law states that military health care facilities may not be used to perform elective abortions (10 U.S. Code Sec. 1093(b)). This policy was first established administratively in 1988. President Clinton reversed the policy in 1993 but Congress restored it in 1995, and it has remained intact ever since. Now an attempt is being made [...]
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Our brothers and sisters in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who have been-and still are-oppressed by militias who illicitly exploit their country’s vast natural resources wealth, are rejoicing today. Poor and vulnerable people in other countries who are harmed by the irresponsible exploitation and distribution of the benefits from natural resources also have a reason [...]
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Inside this issue: Senate Fails to Advance Tax Extender and Jobs Bill; Congress Reaches Deal on Financial Reform Legislation; Senator Franken Introduces Legislation to Protect Children During ICE Raids; U.S. Department of State Releases 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report; Register Today for Catholic Charities USA’s Centennial Gathering!; Join our Online Forum to Reduce Poverty
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Students who attended private schools through the Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) in the District of Columbia were more likely — by 21 percentage points — to receive a high school diploma than a control group that did not take part in the program, according to a congressionally funded study released today by the U.S. Department [...]
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