DEMS FLIP FLOP For months, Democrats accused Republicans of opposing health care funding for children. So Republicans put forward a bill to fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program for six years in a one-month spending bill to prevent a government shutdown. Democrats responded by whipping votes against the bill. http://cvote.it/2DsMMb2
TRUMP TO SPEAK Donald Trump will become the first sitting president to address the March for Life via live video. This article, written by left-leaning Politico, recounts the pro-life policies Trump has advanced in his first year. Interesting tidbit from the article: Rev. Charles Trullols, director of the Catholic Information Center (CIC), has offered Mass in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on a few holy days of obligation. The CIC is located just two blocks from the White House. http://cvote.it/2Dop2Vr
APPLE INVESTS IN USA Because of the new tax law, Apple announced that they are investing $350 billion into the U.S. economy over the next five years, opening up a new campus, and adding 20,000 new jobs. Also, Apple announced that they are bringing its oversees stash of $350 billion back to the United States and paying $38 billion more in taxes because of it. Wonder if Trump will claim that Apple provided the money for his border wall? http://cvote.it/2DqHpc8
TIGHT-LIPPED BANNON Republican and Democratic lawmakers were fuming that Steve Bannon refused to give detailed answers to the House panel investigating the Russian election. According to Rep. Tom Rooney, R-FL, Bannon claimed the committee was trying to “decertify the last election.” http://cvote.it/2DsOXeI
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY Victory: The Supreme Court declined to hear a legal challenge to a Mississippi religious freedom law that protects citizens, small businesses, government employees and charities from discrimination if they believe marriage is between one man and one woman. http://cvote.it/2DpEBMj
ABORTION POLL The annual Knights of Columbus/Marist annual poll on abortion shows that three-fourths of Americans support stricter laws on abortion. And this support cuts across traditional partisan lines. http://cvote.it/2Dtyzuj
CRUSH THE PRO-LIFE DEMOCRAT? Rep. Dan Lipinski is a very rare Democrat. He consistently votes pro-life. He even voted against Obamacare because it lacked pro-life protections. Now two sitting members of Congress from his own party are trying to unseat him by throwing their support behind his primary challenger. Disgusting. http://cvote.it/2DrHV9G
QUICK QUESTION Should Catholics help Rep. Dan Lipinski, the last true pro-life Democrat in Congress? YES: http://cvote.it/2re0N7e NO: http://cvote.it/2Dgnt8L
PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS The Knights of Columbus praised the U.S. government for pledging $55 million in aid for religious groups (including many Christian communities) in Iraq’s Ninewa Province. http://cvote.it/2DqH7SA
SAINT OF THE DAY Saint Charles of Sezze – http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS READINGS “In God I trust; I shall not fear.” (Ps 56:5) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
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