On Friday, the House of Representatives will vote on a $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund the government for the next year.
Continue reading →After months of secret negotiations to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the education reauthorization to replace the failed No Child Left Behind, President Obama has signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), favored by the education bureaucracy but opposed by many conservatives.
Continue reading →Washington, D.C.: After months of secret negotiations to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the education reauthorization to replace the failed No Child Left Behind, President Obama has signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), favored by the education bureaucracy but opposed by many conservatives. President Obama’s quick and willful signature on this education overhaul should only increase skepticism that this bill will meaningfully reduce federal meddling in education.
Continue reading →Michigan House Committee will have a hearing on Wed. Dec. 2 at 12:15 p.m. We anticipate there will be a vote in this committee on Wednesday and then if it passes it will move to the whole House. It has already passed the Senate.
Continue reading →After the House of Representatives and the Senate passed separate bills reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act last summer, a conference committee met in November to reconcile them.
Continue reading →In the wake of the evil and horrific events in Paris, Congress decided to react to President Obama’s promise to bring 10,000 Syrian refugees to America.
Continue reading →For weeks, Speaker John Boehner and other congressional leaders have been negotiating a two-year budget deal and debt-limit increase with President Obama. This monstrosity not only allows the federal government to take on new debt, but it also gives away the only clear conservative victory from the last six years – the budget caps that have curbed federal discretionary spending.
Continue reading →After John Boehner announced his resignation as Speaker of the House and Kevin McCarthy withdrew from the race to succeed him, the Republican kingmakers turned in desperation to Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI).
Continue reading →Today, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards will testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. (Watch live, 10 a.m. EST.) She is being called to account after a series of videos from the Center for Medical Progress showed her organization selling the body parts of aborted babies. To draw attention away from those barbaric practices, Planned Parenthood is planning a “#PinkOut Day,” in which its activists swarm the Capitol and blanket social media.
Continue reading →Your calls to Congress worked! Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced yesterday that the Senate will have a cloture vote Thursday on a Continuing Resolution (CR) that funds the government through December 11th and includes H.R. 3134, passed by the House of Representatives last Friday, stopping Planned Parenthood funding for one year and redirecting funds to Federally Qualified Health Centers. These health centers not only provide more comprehensive health services, but they also outnumber Planned Parenthood clinics across the nation 20 to 1. By redirecting federal funding away from Planned Parenthood, America’s largest abortion provider, Congress is continuing to fund women’s health care through centers that give more options and more services to women.
Continue reading →On Tuesday, the Center for Medical Progress released its tenth video exposing Planned Parenthood’s appalling disregard for unborn babies. Planned Parenthood executives are seen mocking laws against selling aborted baby parts while acknowledging the public relations problem they would have if Americans knew what they were doing.
Continue reading →Earlier this week, the Center for Medical Progress released its ninth video exposing Planned Parenthood. In this video, workers in the abortion and fetal-tissue fields discuss their methods for acquiring baby parts.
Continue reading →Over the summer, the Center for Medical Progress released eight undercover videos that reveal the true nature of Planned Parenthood and its partners. The videos show Planned Parenthood clearly trying to wring every dollar it can out of every abortion it performs, undermining its claim to be a “non-profit women’s health organization.”
Continue reading →September promises to be a busy, and likely controversial, month for Congress, as the House and Senate return on September 8th. The issues mentioned in this earlier alert remain important, and with the fiscal year ending at the close of the month, there is the added pressure of funding the government. Republican leaders in the House and Senate must prove their willingness to use their majority to achieve conservative goals. Please continue to contact your senators and representative about the following:
Continue reading →Congress’s annual August recess officially began this week as senators left Washington. Representatives and senators will spend much of the next few weeks in their districts and states meeting with constituents. Of course, our country continues to face many grave problems.
Continue reading →On Monday, the Senate rejected a bill to defund Planned Parenthood. S. 1881 did not reach the 60-vote threshold required to advance the bill, but it did receive support from a majority of Senators. The last time this question came before the Senate, only 42 Senators voted yes, and 5 Republicans joined all Democrats in opposition. Last night, all Republicans except Mark Kirk of Illinois voted yes, and Democrats Joe Donnelly and Joe Manchin joined them.
Continue reading →Americans have been shocked in recent weeks by a series of videos showing executives of Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, discussing the sale of body parts from aborted babies. The abortionists were caught on film as they casually described altering abortion procedures to preserve lucrative organs and then haggled over prices.
Continue reading →The Senate plans to finish work this week on S. 1177, the Every Child Achieves Act (ECAA), its bill to replace the failed No Child Left Behind law.
Continue reading →On Tuesday, July 7th, the Senate is expected to take up S. 1177, the Every Child Achieves Act. Written by Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA), S. 1177 is intended to replace the failed education policies of No Child Left Behind.
Continue reading →Today the Senate voted 60-37 to invoke cloture on TPA. Five Republicans joined 32 Democrats in voting against the measure. A final vote on TPA is expected on June 24.
Continue reading →House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has announced there will be a vote on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), H.R.1314, also called fast-track, THIS FRIDAY. Fast-track authority is essential for the future passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive international trade deal involving twelve countries.
Continue reading →President Obama and Republican leaders continue to twist arms in the House of Representatives in an effort to pass trade promotion authority (TPA), or fast-track. American Action Forum, a group close to House Speaker John Boehner, will spend $900,000 to pressure GOP congressmen into voting for fast-track. A vote on the measure could take place by the end of this week.
Continue reading →Marriage laws in every state could be struck down the end of this month by the U.S. Supreme Court. We MUST ACT NOW to save the sacred institution of marriage before judicial supremacists strike a fatal blow.
Continue reading →The House of Representatives continues to weigh giving President Obama trade promotion authority (TPA), or “fast track,” which has already passed the Senate. It will set the table for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive agreement involving twelve countries, and enables the President to bring a trade agreement to Congress for an up-or-down, simple majority vote.
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