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The U.S. government continues to pressure foreign nations to step in line with the left's standards on certain issues.

February 4, 2021 The ERLC stands by our pro-life convictions in every sphere of cultural engagement. This includes our witness and advocacy to the federal government on issues Christians care about. One of our threshold questions for our team before supporting any piece of legislation is whether the bill protects and honors the value of every human life. Each year, Congress must pass twelve appropriations bills that fund the federal government. These bills are “must pass” pieces of legislation in that they are needed to keep the government funded and operating. Since Roe v. Wade, Congres...

What just happened? On Thursday, President Biden issued a “Memorandum on Protecting Women’s Health at Home and Abroad.” The order overturns the “Mexico City Policy” and allows federal funds to be used to pay for abortions. What is the Mexico City Policy? The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 prohibits nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that receive federal funds from using those funds “to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of family planning, or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions.” In August 1984, President Ronald Reagan expanded this policy. At ...

LANSING — President Donald Trump included a former Republican congressman from Michigan in the grants of clemency he handed out Wednesday.Trump pardoned Mark Siljander, who served time for charges related to work he did for an Islamic charity that federal authorities had linked to terrorist groups.Siljander, 69, who represented southwest Michigan from 1981 to 1987, pleaded guilty in 2010 to obstruction of justice and to acting as an unregistered foreign agent in federal court in Missouri,

LANSING — President Donald Trump included a former Republican congressman from Michigan in the grants of clemency he handed out Wednesday.Trump pardoned Mark Siljander, who served time for charges related to work he did for an Islamic charity that federal authorities had linked to terrorist groups.Siljander, 69, who represented southwest Michigan from 1981 to 1987, pleaded guilty in 2010 to obstruction of justice and to acting as an unregistered foreign agent in federal court in Missouri,