Showing posts with label U.S. Senate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label U.S. Senate. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 04, 2023

Biden Renominates Persons To Be Commissioner and General Counsel of EEOC

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With the convening of the 118th Congress yesterday, President Biden resubmitted a large number  of nominations that had not been acted upon ...
Monday, November 28, 2022

Senate Will Begin Voting on Respect for Marriage Act with Religious Liberty Amendments

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The U.S. Senate is expected to begin voting today on an amended version of H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act ( full text ). The House ...
Thursday, March 31, 2022

Lipstadt Finally Confirmed As Special Envoy To Combat Antisemitism

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Late yesterday, The U.S. Senate by voice vote confirmed Prof. Deborah Lipstadt to be Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, wi...
Wednesday, February 09, 2022

Lipstadt Finally Gets Hearing On Her Nomination As Anti-Semitism Monitor

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Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Emory Prof. Deborah Lipstadt to be Special Envoy...
Sunday, January 23, 2022

Senate Confirms Joseph Donnelley As Ambassador To The Vatican

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On Jan. 20, the U.S. Senate, by voice vote, confirmed  Joseph Donnelley of Indiana to be U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican. AP reports : Donnel...
Thursday, January 06, 2022

Biden Resubmits Lipstadt's Nomination As Special Envoy to Monitor Antisemitism

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With Congress beginning a new session, the nominations which the President sent to the Senate last year  need to be resubmitted  if the Sena...
Friday, December 17, 2021

Rashad Hussain Confirmed As International Religious Freedom Ambassador

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Yesterday the U.S. Senate, by a vote of 85-5 , confirmed Rashad Hussain to be Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. The W...
Friday, October 22, 2021

Catherine Lhamon Confirmed By Senate To Head DOE's Office For Civil Rights

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On Wednesday, the United States Senate confirmed the nomination of  Catherine Lhamon to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S....
Friday, June 11, 2021

Senate Holds Hearings On Atrocities Against Uyghurs

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Yesterday the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a joint subcommittee hearing on atrocities against the Uyghurs in China's  Xi...
Friday, June 21, 2019

Roy Moore To Run Again For Senate

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Roy Moore, former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, announced yesterday that he will once again run for the U.S. Senate seat from ...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

Senate Confirms Controversial Nominee For Texas Federal Court Seat

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As reported by Bloomberg Law , the U.S. Senate yesterday confirmed the nomination of Matthew Kacsmaryk for a seat on the U.S. District Court...
Friday, October 12, 2018

Dreiband Confirmed As Assistant AG For Civil Rights Division

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Reuters reports that Eric Dreiband was confirmed by the U.S. Senate yesterday by a vote of 50-47 to become Assistant Attorney General headi...
Monday, October 08, 2018

Senate Hearing On International Religious Freedom

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On Oct. 2, the U.S. Senate Judiciary committee held a hearing on Threats to Religious Liberty Around the World.  Transcripts of the witnesse...
Wednesday, September 05, 2018

Senate Passes Act Protecting Religiously Affiliated Community Centers

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The U.S. Senate yesterday passed by unanimous consent S . 994: Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2018  ( full text ). Th...
Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Senate Confirms Religious Liberty Expert For Seat On 5th Circuit

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The U.S. Senate yesterday by a vote of 50- 47, confirmed Stuart Kyle Duncan, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth C...
Thursday, January 25, 2018

Brownback Confirmed As Religious Freedom Ambassador-at-Large

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Yesterday the U.S. Senate confirmed Kansas Governor Sam Brownback as Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom. A 49-49 tie vote on the conf...
Tuesday, January 09, 2018

Trump Renominates Brownback for International Religious Freedom Post, Kacsmaryk For District Court

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Yesterday President Trump sent a large number of renominations to the Senate, a step required after Democrats refused to consent to last Se...
Thursday, December 28, 2017

Senate Condemns Iran's Persecution of Baha'is

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Last week (Dec. 21), the United States Senate passed by unanimous consent Senate Resolution 139  condemning Iran's state-sponsored pers...
Saturday, December 02, 2017

Senate Version of Tax Bill Does Not Include Johnson Amendment Repeal

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Vox has made available a "preliminary version" of the final Senate tax reform bill  ( full text ) passed early Saturday morning. ...
Saturday, November 25, 2017

Catholic Bishops Oppose Parts of Senate's Tax Reform Draft

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Earlier this week, the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development issued a...