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Senate Republicans block Ukraine-Israel emergency aid over border, raising Catholic concerns

December 8, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, War in Ukraine, World News

Senate Republicans Dec. 6 blocked an emergency spending bill to provide billions of dollars in wartime aid to Ukraine and Israel while calling for strict new policies at the U.S.-Mexico border opposed by some Catholic immigration advocates.

Tuberville ends hold on hundreds of military promotions over Pentagon abortion policy

December 6, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., told reporters on Capitol Hill Dec. 5 that he would end his monthslong blockade on hundreds of military promotions undertaken in protest of a Pentagon abortion policy.

FBI director spars with GOP Senators about memo on ‘radical traditionalist Catholics’

December 5, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News

FBI Director Christopher Wray sparred with Republicans during testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Dec. 5 about a leaked and withdrawn memo from the bureau’s Richmond, Virginia, field office about political extremism in some Catholic groups.

This week in Washington: Military promotions blockade over abortion, Israel-Hamas ceasefire pray-in

November 3, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News

ong-simmering tensions between Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and his fellow Senate Republicans spilled into the open Nov. 1, as they challenged his blockade on the confirmations of senior military nominees over the Pentagon’s abortion policy.

Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson elected House Speaker

October 26, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News

Republican Conference Vice Chair Mike Johnson (R-La.) was elected U.S. House speaker Oct. 25 following the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and a series of failed GOP nominees to replace him.

U.S. politics badly needs an infusion of decency and idealism via Aquinas

October 20, 2023
By Russell Shaw
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, U.S. Congress

Our politics stands badly in need of an infusion of decency and idealism.

Rep. Steve Scalise withdraws from House Speaker race after failure to secure votes

October 13, 2023
By OSV News
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., withdrew his name from consideration for Speaker of the House Oct. 12, a day after he received his party’s nomination.

House Republicans nominate Scalise, a Catholic, as next speaker in closed-door meeting

October 12, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., was nominated by his fellow Republicans for speaker of the House Oct. 11, but questions remained whether Scalise can get enough votes from his party to become speaker in a vote before the whole House.

Pence at Georgetown says US should lead on religious liberty worldwide, addresses McCarthy ouster

October 5, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News

Former Vice President Mike Pence Oct. 3 called himself “deeply disappointed” by California Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as speaker of the House of Representatives that same day, after eight House Republicans joined with Democrats to remove McCarthy from the role, the first such move in the history of the U.S. House.

House ousts McCarthy as speaker, setting stage for contentious debate over successor

October 4, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News

Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker of the House of Representatives Oct. 3, after eight House Republicans joined with Democrats to remove him from the role in a historic vote, setting the stage for a contentious process to elect a new speaker.

Lawmakers seek FACE Act repeal, say law weaponizes federal power against pro-lifers

October 3, 2023
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News

Legislation recently introduced by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and 25 of his fellow House Republicans and a companion bill sponsored by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, in the Senate, seeks the repeal of the 1994 Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances, or FACE, Act, calling it an unconstitutional weaponized use of federal power.

Congress averts government shutdown just hours before its deadline

October 2, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News

Congress passed a stopgap funding measure Sept. 30, just a few hours before its deadline to avert a federal government shutdown.

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