WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice reflects on the great progress – and deep frustration – of the second session of the 117th Congress with the release of NETWORK’s 2022 Congressional Voting Record. This annual scorecard reflects how often Members of Congress voted in accordance with the principles of the Catholic Social […]
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National Faith Leaders Push for Medicaid Expansion and Black Maternal Health Investments in Budget Reconciliation
WASHINGTON, D.C. June 14, 2022 – Today, faith leaders across the country sent a letter to Capitol Hill urging Senators to pass a budget reconciliation package that improves state Medicaid infrastructure, addresses the Black maternal health crisis, and makes the Affordable Care Act tax credits permanent. The letter was signed by more than 20 faith […]
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Network Lobby for Catholic Social Justice: Celebrating a Black Woman Supreme Court Justice – A Justice for Our Times
February 23, 2022 – As Catholic women, rooted in our faith’s call to love one another and see God in every person, we strongly support the Biden administration’s promise to nominate a Black woman to the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, is the final arbiter on the most consequential […]
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Catholic Lobby Calls on Trump Administration to Sign Letter of Ascertainment Immediately
WASHINGTON, D.C. November 19, 2020 — More than a week after President-elect Biden’s victory was decided by voters across the country, the Catholic Sisters and advocates of NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice demand the Trump administration authorize the Biden Transition Team to begin its work. The refusal of Emily Murphy, head of the General […]
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For First Time in 47 Years, Senate Takes Zero Substantive Votes
WASHINGTON, D.C. Feb. 3, 2020 – For the first time in NETWORK’s 47 year history, the 2019 Senate took zero votes that could be scored on our Catholic Social Justice Voting Record. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell buried over 400 House-passed bills. Many of those bills, if passed into law, would help create a society […]