Catholic Sen. Tim Kaine Blasts GOP for Slashing Aid Funding
The Rescissions Act of 2025 proposes $9.4 billion in cuts to previously appropriated federal funding, $800 million of which supports faith-based organizations like Catholic Relief Services.
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Passage of Budget Reconciliation Act Sparks Varied Catholic Response
President Donald Trump has scheduled its signing into law on the Fourth of July.
Senate Budget Bill Passes With Provision to Defund Planned Parenthood for a Year
The bill was originally set to defund Planned Parenthood for a 10-year period. The Senate on Tuesday passed the reworked bill after a tiebreaking vote cast by Vice President JD Vance.
House Defense-Bill Provision Restricts Transgender Operations on Youth
The $895-billion defense bill contains language that prohibits certain transgender procedures for minors under the military’s health-care plan.
2023 Spending Bill Would Fund ‘Family Planning’ to Protect ‘Biodiversity’
The measure includes funding for Planned Parenthood and other entities promoting abortion and ‘reproductive health activities’ overseas.
Biden Stimulus Bill May Drive Catholic Schools Out of Early Childhood Services, School Officials Say
Thomas Carroll, superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Boston, told the Register the bill’s proposed anti-discrimination provisions would be ‘catastrophic.’
US Bishops Warn Against ‘Extreme’ Abortion Provisions in Budget Bills
If the final version of the appropriations bill excludes the Hyde Amendment, it would mark the first time in decades that the federal budget allowed funding of abortion in Medicaid.
The Pro-Life Policies that Could be Gutted in the Next Federal Budget
The Susan B. Anthony List warns that a “patchwork” of pro-life policies could be at risk in President Biden’s budget, if he excludes or alters the amendments.
