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U.S. House Passes Bill Protecting Women and Girls in Sports
The new session of Congress is off and running, and we are thrilled to report that yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 28, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, by a vote of 218-206 (with 2 not voting). This legislation would protect women’s sports by affirming that allowing males to compete on women’s teams violates Title IX for federally funded schools and colleges.
Posted in Sexuality
Tagged Dick Durbin, Henry Cuellar, Mary Miller, Mike Bost, Mike Johnson, Riley Gaines, Tammy Duckworth, Title IX, Vicente Gonzalez, women's sports
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Bad News for Our Sisters, Daughters and Granddaughters
On September 23rd, 135 weak-kneed Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives joined the ranks of progressive Democrats when they voted to put our young women in potentially serious harm’s way. The overall vote was 316 to 113 in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.
Posted in Federal
Tagged Adam Kinzinger, Darren LaHood, Drafting Women, Josh Hawley, Kamal Harris, Mike Bost, Mitch McConnell, Rodney Davis, Selective Service
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U.S. House Passes “In-Equality” Act
On Thursday afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 224 to 206 to pass the so-called "Equality Act" (H.R. 5), which would enshrine “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” as legally protected classes in a myriad of federal laws. The vote fell along party lines, with only three Republicans voting with the Democratic majority, and two Republicans not voting.
Posted in Federal, Religious Liberty, Sexuality
Tagged Adam Kinzinger, Bill Foster, Bobby Rush, Brad Schneider, Brian Fitzpatrick, Cheri Bustos, Chuy Garcia, Danny Davis, Daren LaHood, Equality Act, H.R. 5, Jan Schakowsky, John Katko, Lauren Underwood, Marie Newman, Mary Miller, Mike Bost, Mike Quigley, Robin Kelly, Rodney Davis, Sean Casten, Tom Reed
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Safe Banking Act Will Grow Marijuana Industry
The SAFE Banking Act is a federal bill that would give the “medical” and recreational marijuana industries (and cartels) access to banking privileges, such as checking and savings accounts, credit lines and loans, enabling and legitimizing what has been an all cash trade to make real estate deals, payroll, insurance and operating costs much easier.
Posted in Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions, Federal
Tagged Adam Kinzinger, Bill Foster, Bobby Rush, Brad Schneider, Cannabis, Cheri Bustos, COVID–19, Crain's Chicago Business, Cresco Labs, Daniel Lipinski, Danny Davis, Dick Dubin, Dina Rollman, Donald Trump, Ed Perlmutter, Green Thumb Industries, Jan Schakowsky, Jesus Garcia, John Sullivan, Lauren Underwood, Mike Bost, Mike Quigley, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Recreational Marijuana, Robin Kelly, Rodney David, SAFE Banking Act, Sean Casten, Tammy Duckworth
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U.S. House Passes Legislation to Ban Late-Term Abortions
With a vote of 237 to 189, the U.S. House voted yesterday to pass H.R. 36, the 20-week ban on abortion. The official title of this important legislation is the "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," which restricts most abortions after 20 weeks of gestation, with limited exceptions. It also specifies that any baby born alive in the process of an abortion should be given the same care as a baby born prematurely.
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 20 week ban, Daniel Lipinski, Darin LaHood, John Shimkus, Mike Bost, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, Peter Roskam, Randy Hultgren, Rodney Davis, Trent Franks
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The Illinois GOP Congressional Caucus Responds to HB 40
In light of the possibility that Governor Bruce Rauner may renege on his commitment to veto HB 40—the bill that would require taxpayer-funding of abortions through Medicaid and state employee insurance plans through the entire 9 months of pregnancies—and the moral gravity of such an obscene (and costly) requirement, Illinois Family Institute Executive Director David Smith sent a letter to Illinois’ Republican congressmen requesting their help in persuading Governor Rauner to veto HB 40.
Posted in Illinois Politics, Sanctity of Life
Tagged Adam Kinzinger, Bruce Rauner, Darin LaHood, HB 40, John Shimkus, Mike Bost, Peter Roskam, Randy Hultgren, Rodney Davis, taxpayer-funding of abortions
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Congress Responds to Latest Controversy Involving Planned Parenthood
This week, U.S. Representatives Peter Roskam (R-West Chicago), Randy Hultgren (R-Campton Hills), Daniel Lipinski (D-Chicago), Mike Bost (R-Belleville), Rodney Davis (R-Decatur), and John Shimkus (R-Effingham), joined dozens of their colleagues in the U.S. Congress in calling for an investigation into the shocking revelations that a top Planned Parenthood executive was caught on video discussing dismembering babies and selling their body parts.
(Read more: Click HERE to read Laurie Higgin’s article.)
This recently released video exposes Dr. Deborah Nucatola, a Planned Parenthood executive, negotiating with tissue brokers to determine what organs they would like to “procure” and offering ways to alter …
Posted in Federal, Sanctity of Life
Tagged Daniel Lipinski, Dr. Deborah Nucatola, John Shimkus, Mike Bost, Peter Roskam, Planned Parenthood, Randy Hultgren, Rodney Davis
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