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title : National Prayer Breakfast 2017: Pastor Rick Warren Says Election 'Really Divided America'
summary : Pastor Rick Warren, of Saddleback Church in California, said this year's 65th annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., on Thursday is particularly important due to how estranged Americans have become following the recent presidential election. More than 3,000 attendees are expected.
date : Feb 01, 2017 09:08 PM EST
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title : Christian Ministers Urge Congress To Save Religious 'The Word Network' on Comcast
summary : Christian ministers went to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Wednesday to appeal to Congressional members about Comcast Corporation's recent actions to decrease or cease distribution of The Word Network, the largest African-American religious network in the world that was reaching 3 billion people around the globe. On Nov. 11, 2016, Comcast executives sent a two-sentence letter to The Word Network, stating it will no longer offer the channel to millions of subscribers on 456 Comcast systems.
date : Jan 13, 2017 11:21 AM EST
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title : Faith-Based Politics: How Many US Politicians Truly Believe in Christianity and in What Form?
summary : Pew Research Center on Religion and Public Life staffers released a new study that indicates one of two vastly different realities: either "a profound theological dissonance" exists between American people and those they elect as their representatives in Congress, or "a great number of those representatives lie to people who take surveys," proposes Charles P. Pierce, lead political blogger for Esquire.
date : Jan 05, 2017 02:03 PM EST
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title : Clinton Presidential Campaign Hit by FBI Email Probe 11 Days Before Election
summary : Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign was hit on Friday by the FBI's reopening of its investigation into her use of a private email server while secretary of state, eroding a political boost from a strong U.S. economic report.
date : Oct 28, 2016 02:15 PM EDT
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title : Republicans' Congress Lull Could Impede a Clinton Presidency
summary : Republicans in Congress are planning a light legislative agenda as they return from their long summer break on Tuesday, a strategy some say is designed in part to bog down Hillary Clinton if she becomes president.
date : Sep 06, 2016 11:34 AM EDT
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title : Clinton Urges U.S. Congress to Reconvene, Pass Zika Bill
summary : U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton urged federal lawmakers currently on summer recess back into session to pass a crucial funding bill to combat the Zika virus as she visited a health clinic at the heart of a local outbreak in Miami on Tuesday.
date : Aug 10, 2016 01:58 PM EDT
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title : U.S. Congress Cuts Trillion Dollar Deal to Avoid Government Shutdown: Obamacare Taxes, Oil Exports, Visa-Visitors from Syria, Iraq All Affected
summary : Agreement on a substantial $1.1 trillion bill to fund the U.S. government through September 2016 reportedly was reached this week among congressional leaders, according to House Speaker Paul Ryan and reported by CNN. Votes that would avert a Dec. 23 government shutdown are predicted to occur before lawmakers to leave Washington, D.C., for the holidays, according to multiple representatives who attended a closed door session with the speaker.
date : Dec 18, 2015 10:40 AM EST
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title : Congress to Investigate Planned Parenthood over Fetus Tissue Obtained from Abortions; Use in Medical Research Questioned
summary : Republican leaders in Congress launched an investigation of Planned Parenthood on Wednesday after a video from a conservative activist group went viral online implying that the nonprofit organization sold organs and tissues obtained from abortions. It has also brought into question the use of fetal tissue in scientific and medical research.
date : Jul 16, 2015 08:18 PM EDT
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title : Comedian John Oliver Tackles the Issue of Revenge Porn, Endorses Rep. Jackie Speier’s Controversial Bill on Resolving Problem
summary : British comedian John Oliver turned the main focus of his Last Week Tonight show on Sunday to dangers some members of society, in particular women, face on the Internet. He also tackled the issue of revenge porn, which one member of Congress is trying to ban in a proposed bill that has drawn attention from activists in favor of free speech and an open Internet.
date : Jun 23, 2015 01:40 PM EDT
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title : Congress Hashes Out $1 Trillion Spending Bill at Expense of Pensioners
summary : Congress may have a $1 trillion spending bill to keep the government funded before Thursday’s deadline. However, one provision in the bill could leave retirees receiving pensions out in the cold and affect millions of workers.
date : Dec 10, 2014 05:58 PM EST
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title : Republicans Disapprove Obama's Executive Order Over Congress
summary : President Obama's State of the Union speech covered many of the nation's concerns and underlined the ultimate goal of taking action this year. President Obama would plan to implement action by taking more executive order, which was not well-receieved by many Conservatives and Republicans.
date : Jan 29, 2014 05:19 PM EST
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title : Obama's 2014 State of the Union Address: "Let's Make This a Year of Action" (Full Text, Video)
summary : President Barack Obama addressed the United States for the fifth time in the State of the Union address on the evening Tuesday, January 28 following a difficult and what is being called "the worst year" of his presidency, according to ABC News. President Obama, addressed numerous of topics but ultimately underlined the theme of "action" for 2014.
date : Jan 29, 2014 12:09 AM EST
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title : Congressional GOP Candidate: Same-Sex Marriage and Abortions Anger God, Causes Diseases and Natural disasters
summary : GOP candidate Susanne Atanus's remarks elaborted that diseases, illnesses and even natural disasters are all a result of the same-sex marriage and abortions that have become more common in the United States.
date : Jan 23, 2014 09:39 AM EST
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