Get election year resources
It is once again time to listen to the candidates, make up our minds and head
to the polls. The Washington Office invites you to get involved as a faithful
citizen in the electoral process. Use the “Christian
and Citizen” resources
as a guide this election year.
May 5, 2008
This week’s messages are—
- Help Protect the Future of U.S. Global HIV/AIDS Funding
- Call on Congress to Pass Low-Income Targeted Stimulus Bill
- Urge Your Representative to Support Funding for Security and Humanitarian Aid in Darfur
- Isaiah 56:1-5 – Salvation is for All Who Obey
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March/April 2008
Washington Report to Presbyterians
Congress returned from its spring recess on March 31 with a full agenda but little time remaining in the legislative year for getting things done. Negotiations over the federal budget for Fiscal Year 2009 (beginning October 1, 2008), will consume much of the next several weeks. Then there are holidays of more than a week each for Memorial Day and Independence Day, and a recess scheduled for August 9 through September 7 to allow time for vacations and the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.
Although no date has yet been set for the adjournment of the 110th Congress, this is an election year and most legislators are facing re-election campaigns, which normally means that they want to leave Washington as early as possible in the fall in order to spend time in their states and districts campaigning. Thus, the prospects for a productive legislative session seem slight.
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