Repeat Defenders: GOP Looks to 2015 Repeal
It wasn't the announcement Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had hoped to make. After weeks of grueling back and forth, the Senate's top Republican admitted yesterday that the wheels had finally come off the gurney of the GOP's latest health care plan. With the loss of Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Jerry Moran (R-Kans.), even McConnell can't see a path forward for his Better Care Reconciliation Act. "Regretfully," McConnell told reporters, "it is now apparent that the effort to repeal and immediately replace the failure of Obamacare will not be successful."
But just because Republicans can't agree on a replacement plan within the narrow confines of reconciliation doesn't mean the effort has failed. In fact, the bad news for H.R. 1628 may be the best news for voters! For. (more)
- Social Conservative Review - July 17, 2017 by Dan Hart - July 17, 2017 Dear Friends, In last week’s message, I discussed the growing problem of hostility to Christianity that many Americans have faced over the last 15 years and continue to face now, despite living in a free democracy. It’s important to remember that this problem is by no means limited to the U.S.—other freedom-loving countries are also showing disturbing anti-Christian trends. In a recent survey conducted in the U.K. it was revealed that an astonishing 93 percent of. (more)
- Movie Review: "Alison's Choice" by Lauren Hand - July 13, 2017 The film “Alison’s Choice” dramatizes a two-hour waiting period of a pregnant high school student while she awaits her abortion appointment. As Alison sits in the waiting room, she encounters God as a janitor, two other patients at the abortion facility, three medical staff, and a counselor. Alison speaks with God as He pleads with her to save her child, while revealing different reasons behind the problems in the world. As God converses with Alison, He also speaks with. (more)
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On Tuesday's edition of "Washington Watch with Tony Perkins" president of the National Religious Broadcasters, Dr. Jerry Johnson, guest hosts for Tony. Senior Vice President of US Legal Advocacy, Kristen Waggoner, joins Dr. Johnson to talk about the Southern Poverty Law Center's designation of Alliance Defending Freedom as a "hate group". Founder and Chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, Ralph Reed, joins our guest host to discuss the Federal Communication Commission and internet freedom. Also, Jack Graham, pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, joins Dr. Johnson to share with us about the meeting of evangelical pastors in the Oval Office last week when they prayed over President Trump.
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Next week, the House of Representatives will vote on the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2018 (“NDAA”), and your Representative needs to hear from you about the need to roll back Obama’s military transgender mandate. Tell your representative to vote for Representative Vicky Hartzler’s (R-Mo.) amendment to the NDAA, to roll back the requirement that the military recruit people who identify as transgender, to stop taxpayer dollars from funding gender transition efforts, and to include conscience protections for service members who do not wish to provide or affirm gender transition efforts.
While the Department of Defense has delayed the implementation of the Obama-era policy for six months, the military will soon be forced to begin recruiting personnel who identify as transgender for military service. This is despite the fact that those suffering from gender dysphoria have a psychological and medical condition that until one year ago made them ineligible for military service. Allowing people who identify as transgender to serve in the military, much-less be recruited for the military, will have a negative impact on readiness, recruitment, and retention, as well as unit morale and cohesion. This is particularly true because personnel who identify as transgender are expected to receive exceptions to policies and medical requirements that . (more)