How Congress Works: Bills in Committee
Bills that are sent to legislative committees are also sent by the committee to any federal agency that has jurisdiction over such proposals, and the…
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How Congress Works: Committee Reports
When a Senate or House committee reports a bill to the full body, a committee “report” is written which described the reason for the bill,…
How Congress Works: House Calendar
Bills that are completed, or “marked up” by various legislative committees are placed on legislative schedules called “Calendars.” Legislation that is reported from a committee…
How Congress Works: A Glossary of Terms
Amendments: Amendments are formal proposals to change part or all of the underlying text of a bill or another amendment. They must be formally adopted by…
How Congress Works: The House
The House Legislative Process – A Short Course “All Legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall…
How Congress Works: Basic Structure and Powers
Article I, Section 1, of the United States Constitution, provides that: All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United…
How Congress Works: House Rules
House Rules-Committee of the Whole The House of Representatives’ Committee of the Whole is comprised of at least any 100 of the 435 members of…
How Congress Works: Intro
So how does Congress work? ALL’s Public Policy Department has prepared this legislative primer to help guide rookie pro-life activists, who sometimes are intimidated by…
Who is Harriet Miers?
We have seen articles exposing Miers as someone “conservative” and as someone “liberal.”
Hello, Bishop DiLorenzo?
A recent report identifies Virginia House of Delegates member Mithcell Van Yahres as pro-abortion and Catholic.
Congratulations, Bishop Saltarelli!
What a blessing it is to read a bishop’s statement that Catholics cannot be both Catholic and pro-abortion. What is even better is reading his words about the actual reality of sin.
Declaration on Truth and Life: Glossary
Explicit: implies such plainness and distinctness that there is no room for ambiguity or reason for difficulty in interpretation. Implicit: implied or indicated but not actually expressed,…