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Advocates worry anti-immigrant provisions will make way into spending bill
… Aug. 3 that some lawmakers will attempt to include an extension of a Trump-era rule in the Inflation Reduction Act. The legislation is the most-watched item in Congress as members gets ready to go on summer …
Faith groups respond to Sen. Manchin's surprise climate deal with shock, optimism
… hundreds of billions of dollars in energy and climate investments as part of an expansive inflation, tax and health care reform bill. Faith groups responded to the historic, and for many … the finish line," he told EarthBeat. The $433 billion bill has a new name, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, after shedding its one-time Build Back Better moniker. The vast majority of the …
With the planet at 'a breaking point', pope urges decisive action at UN environment summits
… ecosystems, threaten biodiversity and harm communities. "It is necessary for all of us to act decisively. For we are reaching 'a breaking point,' " the pope said. … 'Anguished cries' of … away from climate change and biodiversity preservation amid the war in Ukraine and soaring inflation and energy costs. Francis said that his recent move to authorize the Holy See to … unite the human family in effectively confronting the double crisis of climate change and the reduction of biodiversity," Francis said. Recalling St. Paul's call to the Romans to rejoice with …
House GOP health bill jettisons insurance mandate, much of Medicaid expansion
… of the Republican Party and the Trump administration since January. The Affordable Care Act passed in 2010 without a single Republican vote, and the party has strongly denounced it ever … Sept. 30. Those amounts would be adjusted annually based on a state’s enrollment and medical inflation. Currently, federal payments to states also take into account how generous the state’s … or poorly timed change in the current funding structure in Medicaid could result in a reduction in access to life-saving health care services,” Sens. Rob Portman of Ohio, Shelley …
'War on Poverty' anniversary sparks renewed commitment to the effort
… and the Alliance for Children and Families, to work together in 2014 to educate, innovate and act to reduce poverty in communities across the country. Catholic Charities outlined the … tangible opportunities to work together throughout 2014 to support each other's poverty-reduction initiatives," said a statement Wednesday from Fr. Larry Snyder, Catholic Charities' … One problem Beckmann sees in cutting poverty further is that "wages haven't kept up with inflation for working people. ... We haven't continued serious progress against poverty because …
Paul Ryan: A follower of St. Thomas Aquinas or Ayn Rand?
… current 35 percent (on incomes above $388,350) to 25 percent. Yet he plans scarcely any tax reduction for the least affluent households, those with incomes below $30,000, though they would … ready to communicate them to others in their need." Under the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act of 1978, the Federal Reserve has a dual mandate, to target price stability (minimal inflation) and full employment. But for strict free-marketeers, stable prices take absolute …