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MONDAY, JULY 26, 2021 On Monday, the House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for Morning Hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business, with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. Suspensions (19 bills) S. 1828 – HAVANA Act of 2021 (Sen. Collins – Foreign Affairs) H.R. 2278 – To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the September 11th National Memorial Trail, and for other purposes, as amended (Rep. Connolly – Natural Resources) H.R. 1029 – Free Veterans from Fees Act (Rep. Steube ...

July 22, 2021 07:04:56 pm The US Department of State on Tuesday blocked entry of former Honduras President Porfirio Lobo Sosa and First Lady Rosa Elena Bonilla Avila into the country due to their corruption allegations. Both have been designated under § 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, which makes designated foreign government officials involved in “significant corruption” and their immediate family members ineligible for entr...

FMEP’s Lara Friedman &  Rebecca Abou-chedid …the evidence that the Squad’s critics are anti-Palestinian is far stronger than the evidence that the Squad is anti-Jewish. The reason this bigotry goes undiscussed is because, in mainstream American discourse, the word ‘anti-Palestinian’ barely exists. It is absent not because anti-Palestinian bigotry is rare but because it is ubiquitous. It is absent precisely because, if the concept existed, a...

N.J. cardinal asks Catholics to sign petition to Congress on Hyde Amendment On: 7/7/2021,  By , In: Nation ...Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., answers questions during a news conference at the fall general assembly of the USCCB in Baltimore Nov. 12, 2019. (CNS photo/Bob Roller) Help us expand our reach! Please share this article NEWARK, N.J. (CNS) -- Taxpayer-funded abortion "represents a failure to recogn...

Somersets Congressman Hal Rogers speaks on the House Floor. Somersets U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers, a ranking member of the Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, is a little disturbed by several provisions in the groups fiscal year 2022 appropriations bill. Rogers shared his concerns earlier this week about "misguided and unprecedented provisions" in the bill, including using taxpayer dollars to repay debts owed by other countries to China, spending $1.6 billion for the Green Climate Fun...

July 1, 2021 A subcommittee of the United States’ House of Representatives voted to conditionally approve aid to Colombia’s security forces after a surge in police brutality. The Subcommittee on Appropriations for Foreign Operations agreed to allocate $461 million in aid for the South American country, slightly more than the $453 million requested by the administration of President Joe Biden. The subcommittee added a novel condition to some $64 million of the aid package that is meant for t...

Home | News & Events | Visit of Acting Assistant Secretary of State Philip T. Reeker to Tirana Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Ambassador Philip T. Reeker visited Tirana today. During the visit he met with Prime Minister Rama, Democratic Party Chair Lulzim Basha, several fully-vetted members of Albania’s justice system, and other leaders. In all meetings, Acting Assistant Secretary Reeker emphasized the importance of U.S.-Albanian relations over th...

UN demands US taxpayers dole out reparations to African Americans Every year, the United States funds the United Nations with billions of taxpayer dollars. They then use that money against our interests. They hate us. It’s insane. In a recent example, the UN declared that the United States is systemically racist. They claim the US continues to violate the human rights of African-Americans and must distribute reparations in order to atone for past and current sins. When the UN atones for all ...

Markup of FY2022 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs and Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bills Date:  Location:  FY2022 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs and Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bills

The public service television in Bulgaria – BNT (Bulgarian National Television) is experiencing an unprecedented institutional attack. The government, represented by the Minister of Culture Velislav Minekov, has openly insisted on the resignation of BNT Director General Emil Koshlukov on account of disapproval of the editorial policy of the media and threat to the national […]