Legislation - action
Protect Life in Health Care Reform
Dear Friends:
The Senate Finance Committee is currently mixing together the ingredients of Sen. Max Baucus’ (D-MT) health care reform bill. more »
By Richard Land - Sep 28, 2009
Topic: Family, Living, Health, Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, Healthcare, Legislation
Stop Taxpayer Funding for Abortion in the District of Columbia
Dear Friends:
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the Financial Services Appropriations bill, H.R. 3170, today. This bill will provide taxpayer funds for abortion in the District of Columbia. more »
By Richard Land - Jul 16, 2009
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation, Social Issues
Vote on Hate Crimes Bill Imminent
Dear Friends:
A vote on hate crimes legislation—a grave threat to the religious liberty of Christians—is imminent.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has just introduced hate crimes legislation as an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill (S. more »
By Richard Land - Jul 15, 2009
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation, Religious Liberty
House Votes for Cap and Trade June 26
Dear Friends:
The House will vote today on H.R. 2454, the Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade bill. In addition to its many efforts to radically change energy policy in our nation, the bill will create a system for trading and selling credits to emit so-called greenhouse gases. more »
By Richard Land - Jun 26, 2009
Topic: Citizenship, Legislation, Science, Environment
Tell Senators to Protect Children from Tobacco Use
Dear Friends:
The power to save untold thousands of lives from experiencing disease and premature death from tobacco use is within reach.
The Senate is expected to vote this week on a bill to provide oversight on the tobacco industry. more »
By Richard Land - Jun 1, 2009 - (1)
Topic: Family, Addictions, Substance Abuse, Living, Health, Citizenship, Legislation
Tell Senators to Oppose Global Warming Tax
Dear Friends:
Back door attempts in Congress to push through a global warming tax are heating up.
It is our understanding that the Democrat Senate leadership is planning to move forward with a cap-and-trade bill, which would drastically limit levels of greenhouse gases that electrical, industrial, and transportation sectors can emit, tax them for what they do emit, and slap them with hefty fines if they exceed those emissions levels. more »
By Richard Land - Mar 12, 2009 - (3)
Topic: Citizenship, Legislation, , Science, Environment
Congress Seeks to Tarnish Children’s Health Insurance Program
Dear Friends:
We already need your help to stop this one-week-old Congress from passing bad policy.
Today, Congress is expected to consider legislation that would tarnish a decade-old health insurance program that has well served millions of children whose low-income families do not qualify for Medicaid. more »
By Richard Land - Jan 14, 2009 - (2)
Topic: Family, Children, Living, Health, Citizenship, Legislation
Help Enforce Broadcast Decency
A federal court has in effect given the green light for broadcast television networks to air indecent material any hour of the day.
That’s why Congress must act now on the Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act (S. more »
By Richard Land - Jul 30, 2008 - (2)
Topic: Family, Addictions, Substance Abuse, Children, Living, Health, Citizenship, Legislation
Tell Congress to Protect Children from Tobacco Use
A tragically high number of Americans die each year due to alcohol, AIDS, car accidents, illegal drugs, murders, and suicides. Yet, astonishingly, a product that claims more American lives annually than all of these combined, tobacco, is peddled for public consumption having undergone virtually no oversight. more »
By Richard Land - Jul 28, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Family, Addictions, Children, Citizenship, Legislation
Tell Senate to Reject Climate Change Bill that Would Hurt Poor, Economy
Alarmists are calling all senators to board their global warming train this week in Washington to avoid what they consider to be a looming climate catastrophe, despite warnings that it could wreck our economy, destroy jobs, and harm the poor. more »
By Richard Land - Jun 2, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Family, Living, Finances, Citizenship, Legislation, , Science, Environment