Senators Rally for Jailed Priest
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, July 02, 2009 9:42 AM
Father Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly (freedom-now.org)
Thirty-seven U.S. senators have sent a letter to Vietnam’s president appealing for the release of Father Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly, who is serving a 13-year jail term in Vietnam.
According to Associated Press:
In a letter sent through the Vietnamese Embassy, the senators said the Rev. Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly had no lawyers during his four-hour trial and was silenced repeatedly by a security guard... READ MORE
Filed under christian persecution, u.s. commission for international religious freedom, u.s. senate, vietnam
Victory for ‘Anti-Catholic Al’
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:36 PM
Al Franken (Reuters)
Al Franken, the Democratic comedian-turned-politician who has a long history of anti-Catholic diatribes, was today declared the winner of the disputed 2008 U.S. Senate race in Minnesota by the state’s Supreme Court.
Following the decision, incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman conceded defeat, CNN reported.
Franken’s victory leaves the Democrats poised to assume a filibuster-proof 60-seat... READ MORE
Filed under al franken, u.s. senate
Kudos for Casey
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, April 08, 2009 10:11 AM
Sen. Bob Casey (CNS)
Yesterday the Daily Blog noted the discouraging reality that 16 Catholic U.S. senators last week voted against legislation to enhance conscience protections for pro-life medical personnel.
But here’s some good news: Nine Catholic senators voted in favor of protecting conscience rights, including one Democrat: Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey.
Sen. Casey deserves special recognition, we think.... READ MORE
Filed under conscience protection, sen. bob casey, u.s. senate
Catholics Without Conscience
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:43 AM
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (CNS)
It’s depressing to have to refer this way to 16 Catholic members of the U.S. Senate.
But the 16 Catholic senators have earned this depressing designation by their conduct last week regarding a vote that would have amended a Senate budget bill to safeguard conscience protections for pro-life medical personnel.
Here is a list of the 16 senators to vote against the conscience-protection... READ MORE
Filed under bishop murphy, conscience protection, u.s. senate
‘Anti-Catholic Al’ in Senate?
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, January 05, 2009 3:12 PM
(SPNPhotos)
The Daily Blog said this about Democratic politician Al Franken in a post on Election Day:
“If any political candidate in this year’s elections can be fairly accused of harboring deep-seated prejudice against the Church, it’s Al Franken.”
Now, more than two months later, the Minnesota state Canvassing Board today has certified Franken as the winner of a recount over incumbent Republican... READ MORE
Filed under al franken, minnesota, politics, u.s. senate
Brownback to Leave Senate
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, December 18, 2008 3:41 PM
(CNS)
U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kans., is a man of his word.
Brownback announced today that he will not seek re-election to the Senate in 2010, honoring a pledge he made early in his political career to make term limits for political office-holders a priority.
Brownback was elected to the Senate in 1996 to fill the seat vacated when Bob Dole ran for president. He was re-elected in 1998 and 2004.... READ MORE
Filed under sam brownback, u.s. senate
Jeb Bush Eyes Senate Seat
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, December 03, 2008 12:14 PM
Jeb Bush meets the Pope in April 2005. (CNS/L'Osservatore Romano)
Republican Saxby Chambliss won yesterday’s U.S. Senate run-off election in Georgia, denying the Democratic Party an opportunity of securing a 60-seat Senate “supermajority.”
But any additional Republican losses in 2010 could tip the Senate into a filibuster-proof Democratic chamber that would have free rein to pass anti-life legislation such as the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA).
That’s... READ MORE
Filed under jeb bush, u.s. senate
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