Mac thornberry to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend lauren lash, st. Patricks episcopal church, washington, d. C. The chaplain let us pray. Gracious and loving god, we give you thanks for the gift of this new day. As we set out to do the work you have given us to do, please open our eyes to those who are suffering in the world around us. Following your example, help us to care for the poor, the sick, the broken, and the disfraveraged disenfranchised. Give us grace to care for all your people as if they were our own brothers and sisters. In all that we do, o lord, that your love and peace guide us. In your holy name we pray. Amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section a of House Resolution 604, the journal of the last days proceedings is approved. The chair will lead the house in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to
That can have a lasting negative impact on familys finances and womens future earnings. As senate chair of the joint Economic Committee i released a report last year that looked at the Critical Role mothers play in the Financial Wellbeing of their families. My report found that lowerincome families are especially dment on mother earned by mothers out the home. Mothers account for over half of family income. And with the high price of childcare these days, it averages over 14,000 each year for two children, this means that the childcare and Development Block grant makes a big difference between families rising into the middle class or falling further behind. Working families across the country are counting on us to get this done. Since the childcare and Development Block grant was last reauthorized in 1996, families have seen the cost of childcare increase while access to quality care has become more difficult to find. This Bipartisan Legislation would provide the opportunity for congre
The University of Notre Dame School of Law. / Credit: Wikimedia CommonsCNA Staff, Jun 14, 2024 / 12:00 pm (CNA).The University of Notre Dame School of Law s religious liberty initiative announced its support of a federal lawsuit challenging the exclusion of houses of worship from a state historic grant program. The amicus brief, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in the case Mendham Methodist Church v. Morris County, argues that "excluding religious organizations from generally available grant programs" both "violates the law and harms congregations and their surrounding communities," according to a press release from the school s Religious Liberty Clinic. The lawsuit, originally filed last year, concerns a "Historic Preservation Trust Fund" run by Morris County, New Jersey. The county through that fund "distributes money to eligible organizations for the repair, restoration, and preservation of historic local buildi
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