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On April 6, the Senate voted to end the Gorsuch filibuster, applying the Reid Rule. Judge Gorsuch will be confirmed.
Success! "On Thursday December 1, the House passed H.Res.933, providing amounts for further expenses of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. This resolution provides a supplemental allotment of $800,000 to offset remaining costs associated with the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives. The budget for the panel was doubled. The resolution passed 234-181."
The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted the case of Priests for Life against the HHS mandate that tries to force us to cover abortion in our health insurance plans. Along with six other cases that have been consolidated with ours, the Court will consider whether the 'accommodation' that the Obama administration offers to groups like Priests for Life is a substantial burden to our religious freedom, and whether the government can achieve its objectives through less restrictive means.
Over the next six months or so, we ask all believers to join with us and the other plaintiffs in praying for victory in the Court. At our prayer website, PrayerCampaign.org, you will find a link to special prayers that we have written (http://www.priestsforlife.org/novenas/novena.aspx?id=8) for this intention.
On August 3, the Senate voted 53-46 in favor of considering legislation to defund Planned Parenthood. Under Senate rules, however, 60 votes were needed, so the Senate was unable to vote on the bill itself. Our next step is to urge House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to support the addition of an amendment to the Continuing Budget Resolution in September. The resolution must be passed by Congress by September 30 or the government will partially shut down, so action must be taken when Congress returns from its summer recess after Labor Day.
