by Colin Harris | Jan 27, 2021 | Opinion
The U.S. Senate will begin a second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump in a few weeks. Discussion of that trial, its constitutionality and its political implications are well underway and will continue, reflecting the now familiar partisan perspectives...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jan 6, 2021 | News
Christians continue to hold the vast majority of seats in the U.S. Congress, according to a report published Jan. 4 by Pew Research Center. In the 117th Congress, which began on Jan. 3, 2021, 88.1% of Congress (468 members) affiliate with a Christian faith tradition....
by Josef Kuhn | Dec 9, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) A federal watchdog panel that monitors religious freedom around the world is preparing to shut down next Friday (Dec. 16) unless Congress passes a last-minute measure to save it. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has...
by Lauren Markoe | Nov 3, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Catholic and other Christian health care providers got their day in Congress Wednesday (Nov. 2) at a hearing Republicans called to denounce an Obama administration rule that requires insurers to cover contraception. The rule, part of the health care...
by Josef Kuhn | Oct 28, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) U.S. Catholic bishops dispatched their new point man on religious freedom to warn Congress on Wednesday (Oct. 26) that religious people risk being labeled as “bigots” without greater conscience protections. Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, Conn.,...
