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October 27, 2020

Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court

Judge Amy Coney Barrett holds her hand on the Bible as she is sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas at the White House in Washington Oct. 26, 2020.

WASHINGTON -- A divided Senate, in a 52-48 vote, confirmed Amy Coney Barrett as a justice for the Supreme Court the evening of Oct. 26 and soon afterward she was sworn in by Justice Clarence Thomas at a White House ceremony.

Published in International
February 26, 2019

Measure to protect babies are born alive after botched abortion fails in U.S. Senate

Pro-life advocates are seen near the U.S. Capitol during the annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 18, 2019. In an evening vote Feb. 25, the Senate failed to pass a measure sponsored by Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, to require that babies born alive after an abortion be given medical attention and "the same protection of law as any newborn."
WASHINGTON – The Senate in an evening vote Feb. 25 failed to pass a measure sponsored by Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, to require that babies born alive after an abortion be given medical attention and "the same protection of law as any newborn."
Published in International
February 6, 2019

Kansas archbishop urges U.S. senate to OK bill to protect babies who survive abortion

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence applauds and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., looks on as President Donald Trump delivers his second State of the Union address Feb. 5, 2019, at the Capitol in Washington. During his speech Trump urged Congress to pass legislation that bans late-term abortion.
WASHINGTON – It is "unconscionable" that the U.S. Senate failed to "unanimously declare to the nation that infanticide is objectively wrong," said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities.
Published in International
July 17, 2017

U.S. bishop sees little improvement in Senate's latest effort on health care

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to the media April 7. Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Fla. said July 13 the Senate Republicans' latest effort to overhaul the Affordable Care Act is "unacceptable" and shows little improvement over the lawmakers' first attempt to reform the federal health care law.

WASHINGTON – The Senate Republicans' latest effort to overhaul the Affordable Care Act is "unacceptable" and shows little improvement over the lawmakers' first attempt to reform the federal health care law, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee.

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