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House Republicans include slew of pro-life bills in 2025 budget proposal

Mar 22, 2024

By Peter Pinedo, Ken Oliver-Méndez

The Republican Study Committee dedicated a section of its “Fiscal Sanity to Save America” federal budget proposal to “measures designed... Read more

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House passes National Defense Authorization Act with pro-life amendments 

Jul 14, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

Amendments to the defense authorization bill include bans on the military’s spending on abortion travel and transgender surgeries and treatments. Read more

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Fight over abortion, transgender treatments heats up ahead of defense spending vote

Jul 12, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

With the annual military budget package soon to hit Congress, the fight over military spending on abortion and transgender treatments... Read more

Proposed changes to poverty calculations could strip federal aid from millions

May 10, 2019

A new proposal from the Trump administration would change the way the national poverty threshold is calculated, potentially leading millions... Read more

Federal budget proposal draws criticism for slashing foreign aid

Mar 14, 2019

A Catholic aid agency is asking Congress to maintain its commitment to international humanitarian funding, after the Trump administration proposed... Read more