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U.S. Congress

House GOP budget proposal includes cuts to Medicaid, groups that perform abortions

May 14, 2025
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News

A proposed House budget is drawing fire from some critics over its cuts to Medicaid, while drawing praise from others for promises to eliminate funds to health providers who also perform abortions.

Report: Some House GOP members object to removing Planned Parenthood funds from Trump bill

May 9, 2025
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News

A group of House Republicans have reportedly expressed opposition to eliminating Planned Parenthood’s federal funding through the budget reconciliation process.

Pro-life advocates call on Trump, Congress to fully defund Planned Parenthood

March 28, 2025
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News

A coalition of pro-life groups went to the U.S. Capitol March 27 to urge Congress and President Donald Trump’s administration to eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood, shortly before the Supreme Court is set to consider a case concerning that funding.

Trump touts ‘swift and unrelenting action’ on immigration, gender policy in speech to Congress

March 5, 2025
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News

President Donald Trump touted the “swift and unrelenting action” taken by his second administration in its first six weeks, telling lawmakers March 4 in an address to a joint session of Congress he was “just getting started.”

Catholic analysts express concern for safety net programs in budget process

February 27, 2025
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News

House Republicans Feb. 25 narrowly passed a budget resolution calling for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and a $2 trillion reduction in federal spending over a decade, clearing a first hurdle for key parts of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda.

Senators grill RFK Jr. on abortion, vaccine views in HHS confirmation hearings

January 31, 2025
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News

In a pair of January confirmation hearings, senators considered President Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of Health and Human Services.

Radio Interview: American politics and two-party dominance

January 13, 2025
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, U.S. Congress

As the United States prepares to swear in a new president, Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty takes a look at the state of politics and elections.

Republicans secure majority of U.S. House seats and expected to control U.S. Senate

November 13, 2024
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News

Republicans secured a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives, according to a Nov. 12 projection by data provider Decision Desk HQ, giving President-elect Donald Trump GOP majorities in both chambers of Congress as he begins his second term in January.

Harris backs ending filibuster for law to codify a national right to abortion

September 25, 2024
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News

In one of her strongest statements on restoring a national right to abortion as it existed under the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling of 1973, Vice President Kamala Harris has said she would support eliminating the filibuster in the U.S. Senate in order to bring back federal protections for a woman’s right to an abortion as they existed under Roe.

Bill to establish a right to IVF fails in Senate

September 18, 2024
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News

A bill that aimed to establish a right to in vitro fertilization failed on a procedural vote in the U.S. Senate Sept. 17.

Senate fails to advance bipartisan tax bill with poverty-fighting child tax credit

August 2, 2024
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, U.S. Congress, World News

The U.S. Senate on Aug. 1 failed to advance a bill that would have expanded the child tax credit, a provision some Catholic organizations have long sought as a pro-family and anti-poverty effort.

Senate passes major online child safety legislation, but future in House uncertain

August 1, 2024
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, social media, U.S. Congress, World News

The U.S. Senate passed two major online child safety reforms July 30, but the bills face an uncertain future in the House.

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