Category: Government Updates
Defense Bill May End Military Vaccine Mandate With Possible Backpay for Punished Servicemembers
Members of Congress are currently debating whether to end the U.S. military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in this year’s FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)....
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Focus on the Family President Jim Daly’s Statement on Senate Passage of Same-Sex Marriage Bill
The United States Senate’s passage of H.R. 8404, the deceptively titled “Respect for Marriage Act,” is a blow to religious freedom and should it become...
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Contact Your Senators: Proposed ‘Amendment’ to ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ Doesn’t Fix Religious Freedom Concerns
Following the midterms, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is rushing the Senate to pass the falsely named “Respect for Marriage Act,” H.R. 8404, which...
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Lame-Duck Alert: Senate Could Vote on Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Before End of Year
Though election results are still being tabulated and the final results for the last remaining U.S. House and Senate races are not fully known, the...
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Tennessee Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Ban ‘Trans’ Procedures on Minors
Tennessee lawmakers have introduced legislation in the Volunteer State to prohibit “sex change” procedures from being performed on minors. Tennessee Majority Leaders William Lamberth and...
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CDC Votes to Add COVID-19 Vaccines to Childhood Immunization Schedule
On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted unanimously to include the COVID-19 vaccines on the...
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Virginia Rep. Introducing Bill to Criminalize Parents Who Don’t Affirm Child’s ‘Gender Identity’
Virginia delegate Elizabeth Guzman is planning to introduce a bill that would criminally penalize parents who refuse to affirm their child’s sexual identity confusion, and...
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Senators Introduce ‘Don’t Draft Our Daughters’ Amendment to Defense Bill
A group of nine Republican senators have introduced an amendment to the fiscal year 2023 (FY 23) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) removing language that...
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California Governor Signs Radical Bill into Law, Making State a Sanctuary for Child ‘Sex Changes’
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a radical bill into law that makes the Golden State a sanctuary for child sex changes. On September 29,...
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Two Lawsuits Filed Against Administration’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
After the president announced an unprecedented student loan forgiveness plan last month, many speculators questioned the program’s constitutionality and wondered whether or not the plan...
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Senator Introduces Bill Promoting ‘Parental Rights’ in Education
U.S. Senator Tim Scott has introduced a bill aimed at protecting parental rights in education. Sen. Scott introduced the Parental Rights Over the Education and...
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New Virginia Rule Requires Parental Consent for Schools to Treat Students as ‘Trans’
The Virginia Department of Education (the Department) has released a new rule requiring schools to obtain written permission from parents before treating their children as...
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Virginia Governor Speaks Against School District ‘Transitioning’ Students Without Parental Consent
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin is speaking out against Fairfax County School District for directing teachers to “socially transition” students struggling with gender identity issues without...
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D.C. Mayor Bars Unvaccinated Students From In-Person School and Virtual Learning
In our nation’s capital, students who haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 may soon be barred from receiving an education altogether. Perhaps most startlingly, parents who...
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President Announces $10,000 Student Loan Forgiveness Plan as Constitutionality is Questioned
President Biden announced on Wednesday that the Federal government will be forgiving $10,000 in student loans for borrowers earning less than $125,000 annually – or...
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Florida Bans Harmful ‘Sex-Change’ Procedures Under Medicaid
Florida will soon bar taxpayer dollars from funding harmful and experimental “sex-change” procedures under the state’s Medicaid program. Under a new rule, promulgated by the...
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Inflation Reduction Act Misnamed, According to Experts. What it Means for Families.
The slimmed down version of President Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act known as the Inflation Reduction Act, passed the Senate over the weekend...
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Florida Governor Suspends ‘Soros-Backed’ Attorney for Failing to Enforce Law on Abortion, ‘Trans’ Surgeries
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has suspended State Attorney Andrew Warren for refusing to enforce Florida state law. Attorney Warren had announced that he would refuse...
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New Bill Would Level Playing Field for Religious Organizations in Federally Funded Social Service Programs
Religious organizations often participate in federally funded programs that provide social services to the poor and needy, as well as in disaster situations. In the...
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As Midterm Elections Near, Voters Head to the Polls to Choose Their Party’s Nominees
Last night, numerous primary elections were held around the nation as candidates from both parties sought to earn their party’s nomination for the midterm elections...
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Administration Looking to Use Taxpayer Dollars to Fund Abortions for Minor Illegal Immigrants
According to recent news reports, the Biden administration is looking for ways to ensure that minor pregnant illegal immigrants can receive federally funded abortions. The...
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Judge Blocks Administration from Enforcing Vaccine Mandate on Air Force Servicemembers
A U.S. federal district court judge has blocked the administration from enforcing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on servicemembers in the Air Force, Space Force and...
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President Biden Signs Executive Order to Expand Access to Abortions
On June 24, 2020, the day the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and returned lawmaking authority over abortion back to the people and...
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DOE Wants to Redefine ‘Sex’ in Title IX – Erasing Women, Threatening Privacy and Safety, and Endangering Schoolchildren
The Department of Education recently announced that it was formulating new regulations for Title IX – the landmark 1972 act that banned discrimination on the...
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