ABORTION // House votes today on overturning Obama’s mandate forcing states to fund Planned Parenthood. Obama’s HHS regulation blocking states from defunding Planned Parenthood from federal Title X family planning funds took effect on January 18–with just two days left in his presidency. http://cvote.it/2lT4yrb
CABINET // Andrew Puzder, Trump’s pick for Secretary of Labor, withdrew his nomination. His announcement came hours after the release of his ex-wife’s appearance on a 1990 episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show dedicated to domestic violence. Puzder was already having difficulty getting majority support after news surfaced that he hired an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper for several years. http://cvote.it/2lT5xb5
LABOR // Workers at a Boeing plant in South Carolina handily defeated an effort to form a union. http://cvote.it/2lT9Set
POLITICS // CatholicVote warns Illinois’ Republican governor to veto abortion funding bill. http://cvote.it/2lT8tV8
THROWBACK THURSDAY // (We’re bringing back a little history–once a week). 1778 – John Adams prepares to sail for France. http://cvote.it/2lTczwC
MILITARY // Defense Secretary James Mattis gives NATO spending ultimatum: “No longer can the American taxpayer carry a disproportionate share of the defense of Western values. Americans cannot care more for your children’s future security than you do.” http://cvote.it/2lT7016
WHITE HOUSE // Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Time to “put to rest” anti-Semitic notions about Trump White House. http://cvote.it/2lT4Pue
CATHOLIC // Candidate with connections to ‘Catholic Spring’ compares Trump election to 9/11 — and quickly apologizes. http://cvote.it/2lTkf1S
CATHOLIC // The Vatican has dispatched Cardinal Burke to Guam. The stated purpose is for him to oversee an investigation of alleged sex abuse. But some wonder if the real reason is to simply get a critic of the Pope out of Rome. http://cvote.it/2lTo5Yu
SAINT // Saint Gilbert of Sempringham – http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS // “From heaven the Lord looks down on the earth.” (Ps 102:20) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
TRIBUTE // This week marks the 1st anniversary of the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Some of the people who knew him best recount the life and legacy of the “inimitable” Antonin Scalia—father, husband, jurist. Watch this great video: http://cvote.it/2lSQtu4