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View this email in your browser Legislative Snapshot With Members of Congress not in Washington, D.C., for the next two weeks, we do not plan to publish a legislative update next weekend between Good Friday and Resurrection Day. He is Risen! United We Stand                                    April 9, 2022 Make plans now to join us this Monday at 8:00 p.m. for our weekly CHPP Conference Call. Our guest speaker will be Rabbi Eric Teitelman and his topic will be the prophetic meaning of the Passover. God bless you all!   717-908-1834 616137# Time: 8:00 p.m. EDT Please hit *6 to mute your phones. Also, please remove any headsets to reduce background noise. Thank you!   Capitol Hill Prayer Partners P.O. Box 5152 Herndon, VA 20172-1970 chpp1994@gmail.com Please Visit the Website Here The Daily Brief: Legislative Snapshot Saturday, April 9, 2022 "For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations." (Psalm 22:28)  To help sustain our work, please go here. Thank you! Click here to subscribe: Capitol Hill Prayer Partners welcomes all who wish to pray for our leaders to join us in prayer for our nation. You may sign up to receive our alerts by sending an email to us at: chpp1994@gmail.com requesting that your name be added to our list of subscribers. WELCOME! "We the People" "Standing United Together . . . Under the Cross of Christ" Today's Top Story  Bill Wouldn’t Let Biden Administration End Key Border Authority Unless National Emergency is Over A group of Democrat and Republican senators on April 7 introduced a bill (draft text) that if passed would not allow President Joe Biden’s administration to end the Title 42 emergency border order unless the president declares an end to the COVID-19 national emergency declaration. Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) are among the 11 senators behind the legislation. “The Biden administration was wrong to set an end date for Title 42 without a comprehensive plan in place. It’s why today we are introducing bipartisan legislation requiring this administration to implement a plan before lifting Title 42 that protects the public health and safety of our border communities and migrants. We need a secure, orderly, and humane response at our southern border and our bipartisan legislation holds the Biden administration accountable to that,” Kelly said in a statement. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after consulting with top immigration officials, announced on April 1 that it will terminate the emergency order on May 23. The order, in place since March 2020, has allowed U.S. authorities to quickly expel many illegal immigrants because of concerns the aliens have COVID-19. Officials said the order “is no longer necessary” in part because of “highly effective vaccines and therapeutics.” The planned withdrawal of Title 42 triggered a lawsuit from several states, with attorneys general noting the disparate treatment of immigration enforcement and Americans. “COVID is either over or it’s not,” Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican and one of the plaintiffs, told The Epoch Times. The senators’ bill pushes back against ending Title 42 along the same lines, tying the order to the U.S. national emergency over COVID-19. Biden extended the emergency in February, asserting the pandemic “continues to cause significant risk to the public health and safety of the nation.” If the bill is passed, Title 42 could not end until at least 60 days after the national emergency is declared over. After such a declaration, the bill says the Department of Homeland Security must submit to Congress within 30 days a plan outlining the impact of ending Title 42—an influx of illegal immigrants is expected. “The Biden administration is declaring the pandemic over on our southern border but still active on our healthcare workers, military, and travelers,” Lankford said in a statement. “They cannot have it both ways. If they think it’s safe enough to lift Title 42 at the border, then it must be safe enough to lift the COVID-19 state of emergency on the whole country. But when we drop Title 42 at the border, DHS must also implement a workable solution to expel migrants.” Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), John Thune (R-S.D.), Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) are the other co-sponsors. (Epoch Times) Read more here.  - Father God, we thank You for the wisdom being demonstrated by this bipartisan group of senators in writing this legislation. We see this move as a direct answer to our prayers for them, and we thank You for directing their thoughts accordingly.  Lord God, we ask for quick passage of this bill, so that Title 42 cannot be implemented, as scheduled. It is true: if the pandemic is still dangerous and active to our healthcare workers, our military and our travelers, then it is still active at our southern border. Praise You, Lord, amen and amen. - "Let your yes be yes, and your no be no .  . ." (Matthew 5:37)  End-of-Week Good News Reports Compiled by Gary Bauer Attorneys general in Arizona, Louisiana and Missouri are suing to stop the Biden Administration from ending enforcement of Title 42, which allows for immediate deportations of illegal aliens during a public health emergency. Without Title 42, it is estimated that more than 500,000 illegal aliens will cross the southern border every month. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed an executive order to end the use of critical race theory in the state's public schools. A Louisiana court reinstated a lawsuit by Attorney General Jeff Landry against Zuckerberg-funded groups that colluded with the left in the 2020 election. A Pennsylvania court ordered the state to reveal the number of foreign nationals on the Pennsylvania's voter rolls. The legal number is 0. Republicans swept local elections this week in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) announced his retirement. He is the fourth Republican who voted to impeach President Trump to retire rather than seek reelection this year.   Gary Bauer Campaign for Working Families https://ouramericanvalues.org/   Wonderful News from John Robb! Dear Friends, Last night we received the latest edition of the International Prayer Alert, from John Robb. As we reviewed all of his writings, we were thrilled to read the following news: This Tuesday, Ukrainian and Russian Christian leaders will meet with one another to have a reconciliation prayer experience together, hopefully confessing the sin of their peoples and asking forgiveness of the Lord and one another. This is extremely important since we as intercessors, a “royal priesthood”, have authority to “stand in the gap” so that nations are not destroyed (Ez. 22:30). Would you please pray for this gathering and a few of us from other nations that will help to facilitate it? Please pray for John 17 unity with the realization that they are members of Christ’s eternal family, a relationship that transcends all earthly allegiances. May His strong anointing, protection, and guidance characterize this gathering and may it be the beginning of a process of healing and deliverance for these two nations.  > > > Let us all, indeed, make it a matter to lift up this event before our Lord, as this is EXACTLY what we have been crying out to see happen!  "Father, we do thank You that Christians from both Ukraine and Russia will have a reconciliation prayer experience next week. We ask that You prepare each heart as they prepare to meet across national lines, seeking to do Your will in asking forgiveness of You, O Lord, and of each other. Let this be new beginning for the ecclesia in both nations, united as one man in Your Kingdom. Amen and amen."  > > > To read all of John Robb's latest prayer requests, please go here.  In Context: Building for Eternity This year Good Friday and Tax Day are the same day. It’s easy to mistake one as being about eternal things, and the other as only being about temporary things. In truth, both can be about eternal things. In the well-known passage about eternal rewards (1 Corinthians 3:8-15), actions with the wood, hay, and straw can have as much of a possibility of lasting for eternity as actions with the gold, silver, and precious stones. The difference is in the foundation on which we are building—Jesus Christ. Any eternal treasure laid up in heaven is stored there using the temporary things of earth. If you pay your taxes with integrity because of the integrity of Jesus Christ, you are building on the foundation of Jesus Christ. Some may object asking a question Jesus asked, “if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same” (Luke 6:33). They are correct. Now, think about those paying their taxes with integrity in cultures where corruption is normal and expected, or where they may be persecuted? Are they doing good expecting good in return? Then, that same action of paying taxes with integrity is more obviously done as building on the foundation of Jesus Christ. The difference isn't in the circumstances. The difference is in the purpose: building on the foundation of Jesus Christ. The sinners that “do the same” aren't building on that foundation. When preachers and missionaries learn the Word of God and teach it to others, they are building on the foundation of Jesus Christ. When lawmakers, staff, lobbyists and citizens seek to make laws that honor God and are consistent with His Word, they are building on the foundation of Jesus Christ. When businesses seek to make good products and provide good services with justice for all people because that is what God's Word teaches honors Him, they are building on the foundation of Jesus Christ. Not all of those things make for overt evangelism, but all things built on the foundation of Jesus Christ have eternal value. One plants, another waters, and God gives the increase (1 Corinthians 3:6). Father, we ask you to give all Americans hope and a sense of purpose beginning with this season of celebrating the Resurrection, that their actions can be done to bring you glory and hold for them eternal value. Expand our vision of understanding Your generosity explained in Your Word. Move people that need to be moved from places where they are not free to build fully on that foundation in Your Son, Jesus Christ, to places where they are fully free to build on the eternal foundation. “Whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.” (Ephesians 6:8) Tim McGhee CHPP Legislative Analyst, Pray for Congress Recent Floor Activity Daily Digests – House • Senate — Prayers — Committee Reports Senate — Daily Leader Remarks • Actions begun, passed, declined Senate confirms Jackson to Supreme Court — 53-47 Senate votes 100-0 to limit trade with Russia — 100-0, 100-0 S. 2123, Pray Safe Act, passes — directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a Federal Clearinghouse on Safety and Security Best Practices for Faith-Based Organizations and Houses of Worship GOP blocks advancing COVID-19 deal amid COVID-era immigration fight — 47-52 Senate floor reading of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail House — Weekly Leader Colloquy • Bills • Actions passed House passes bill to document Russian war crimes in Ukraine — H.R. 7276, 418-7 — Six Republicans voted against potentially undermining American sovereignty House suspends trade relations with Russia, Belarus — H.R. 7108, H.R. 6968 House passes bill to provide relief to restaurants impacted by pandemic — H.R. 3807 House passes bill to facilitate medical marijuana research — H.R. 5657 House votes to hold Navarro and Scavino in contempt of Congress — 220-203 Congress Last Week Foreign Policy House Democrats sound alarm on potential Iran nuclear deal • House Republicans seek to force a vote on 'dangerous' new Iran nuclear deal • 2015 deja vu permeates as lawmakers ready to debate Iran nuclear deal Ukraine war drives lawmakers into defensive posture on Taiwan ACLU denounces bill to allow seized Russian oligarch assets to fund Ukraine — H.R. 6930 Constitution Senators push for details on protecting election officials amid threat concerns Immigration Senate Democrats face immigration quagmire Senators to restart bipartisan immigration reform talks Budget Congressional Republicans criticize small defense increase in Biden's budget blueprint • Military brass requesting billions more Executive Burr asks Biden administration for science behind Title 42 decision Backlash against student loan freeze grows Supreme Court Democrats unveil bill to impose ethics, recusal standards on Supreme Court — S. 4010 GOP sends Biden warning shot on future Supreme Court vacancies • McConnell: Biden must move to center to get future Supreme Court pick through a GOP majority Minority lawmakers praise Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation Justice Cawthorn to Democrats: ‘You’ll never amend biology’ Lankford, Jordan, Colleagues Demand Investigation into Deaths of Five Babies Aborted in DC — One or more of them may have lost their life through an illegal partial-birth abortion or may have been born alive and later killed. — Members of Congress Demand Investigation Into Aborted Fetal Remains in D.C. Apartment • Mayor responds Commerce Policy Democrats cry crocodile tears over high gas prices, vent at oil industry for investing too little in production Democrats make last-ditch effort to ban stock trading by lawmakers • Lawmakers and experts spar over congressional stock trading Health Care Policy White House COVID-19 Czar: US Has ‘National Interest’ to Vaccinate Entire World Possible modifications to insulin bill in Senate Education Policy Four concerns with K-12 Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) • claims SEL is “evidence-based” have been vastly oversold • SEL has become an ideologically-charged enterprise • data collection poses privacy risks for students, families • implementation resembles unlicensed therapy Congress Committee on Congressional modernization takes on continuity of Congress Rep. Ami Bera attacked by fox outside Capitol • Capitol Hill fox euthanized after biting spree • kits euthanized after mother tests positive for rabies A progressive for people who don’t like progressivism (he defends Israel) Testing positive: Pelosi, Warnock, Dems Senators strike deal to keep Capitol cafeteria workers from layoffs Former Democratic congressional aide pleads guilty to increasing salary via public funds Retiring: Bob Gibbs, Fred Upton Pending Activity Committee Activity ‘Embarrassed by your leadership’: Gaetz blasts Austin's 'wokeism' House committee members question stock trading ban proposals Subpoena for Hunter Biden to Testify Before Congress Blocked by Democrats Oversight Chair accuses DOJ of blocking Trump records probe Judge rules Bannon can't use key defense in Jan. 6 contempt case Senate Floor Schedule Senate meets in pro forma session for the next two weeks. Thursday, 4/7, Senate began consideration of 3 nominations: Lael Brainard, of the District of Columbia, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Lisa DeNell Cook, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Alvaro M. Bedoya, of Maryland, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner Senate Committees No Senate committee meetings are scheduled for the next two weeks. House Floor Schedule The House meets in Pro Forma sessions during a 2-week District Work Period. House Committees Monday — April 11, 2022 Voting in America: Access to the Ballot in New Mexico Subcommittee on Elections (Committee on House Administration) Pathways to Opportunity: Lessons from Kenosha Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth Source: House.gov Tuesday — April 12, 2022 Addressing Milwaukee Housing Inequality to Improve Financial Security and Expand Wealth-Building Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth Source: House.gov Our Weekly Call to Repentance CHPP Welcomes You to Join Us Every Week in One Hour of Repentance Sunday evening at 10:00 p.m. EDT Dial 712-770-5350 Access Code: 150411# Dear Saints, A lifestyle of REPENTANCE is so close to the heart of God. Indeed, He commands us to  "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!" Matthew 3:2 How, then, can we approach His Throne of GRACE, in repentance? We invite you to join us every week on Sunday evening, as we explore this vital topic together. We present a different prayer focus each week, leading us into repentance, so that we might approach His Throne of Grace in repentance, presenting ourselves to Him as a pure and a spotless Bride, without spot or wrinkle. (Ephesians 5:27) Praying together, we desire to fulfill the mandate of Psalm 139: " Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; 24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting." Psalm 139:24 You can join us, any Sunday evening, at 10:00 p.m. EST by calling: 712-770-5350 Access Code: 150411# WELCOME! ". . . and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land. "Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place." (2 Chronicles 7:14,15) About Capitol Hill Prayer Partners To learn more about our ministry, and to sign up to begin receiving our daily alerts, please go here.   Subscribe to Our Alerts! Capitol Hill Prayer Partners welcomes all who wish to pray for our leaders to join us in prayer for our nation. You may sign up to receive our alerts by sending an email to us at: chpp1994@gmail.com requesting that your name be added to our list of subscribers or CLICK HERE to subscribe.  WELCOME! Copyright © *|2020|* *|Capitol Hill Prayer Partners|*, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: P.O. Box 5152 Herndon, VA 20172-1970 Email: chpp1994@gmail.com Website: https://www.capitolhillprayer.org/ Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.