The second session of the 118th Congress is now underway, and it begins as the nation is grappling with war around the world, looming government funding deadlines, and an election cycle. Congress reflects the deep division felt across our nation with a Democratic president, a narrow Democratic majority in the United States Senate, and a slim Republican majority in the House.
It is in the midst of this dysfunction and division that we must find a way to press forward on priorities relevant to the mission of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission: protecting life, safeguarding religious liberty, bolstering marriage and families, and upholding human dignity.
The following 2024 ERLC Public Policy Agenda is not an exhaustive blueprint but an outline of the core public policy priorities for this Commission over the next year.
Read more about our work on these life issues below or view our Life Resource Library.
Read more about our work on these issues below or view our Religious Liberty Resource Library.
Read more about our work on these issues below or view our Marriage and Family Resource Library.
Read more about our work on these issues below or view our Human Dignity Resource Library.
As always, we will work to build consensus on the issues listed in this document and others in our portfolio with officials across our federal government. On some of these issues there may prove to be broad bipartisan support already. On other issues, there will be much less consensus in a divided and increasingly polarized America.
Nevertheless, whether issues are popular or not, we have the opportunity to bear witness, to seek to persuade, and to build the bridges necessary to make a difference. It is through this consistent advocacy that we can effectively represent our churches while bringing the hope of the gospel to Washington, D.C.
For an overview of policy priorities at the state level in 2024, download the ERLC 2024 State Policy Agenda.