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View this email in your browser Legislative Snapshot United We Stand                           August 14, 2021 Make plans now to join us on our weekly CHPP National Call on Monday, August 16th at 8:00 p.m. Our guest speaker will be Laura Densmore, Founder of Bridge Connector Ministries. Topic: War is on the Horizon.  Call 712-770-4160 Access Code: 616137# Time: 8:00 p.m. EDT _______________________________________________________________ BREAKING NEWS FROM AFGHANISTAN! PLEASE GO HERE TO READ AN URGENT APPEAL FROM JOHN ROBB, ASKING INTERCESSION FOR THE SAINTS IN AFGHANISTAN. THANK YOU FOR OFFERING YOUR OWN PRAYERS FOR THESE BELIEVERS WHO ARE NOW IN A DESPERATE SITUATION. GOD BLESS YOU ALL! 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, August 14, 2021 "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.  "We the People" "Standing United Together . . . Under the Cross of Christ" Top Story Texas Senate Passes Vote Integrity Bill Democrats Face Arrest Warrants for Fleeing State to Stymie Democracy   Even though state Sen. Carol Alvarado knew she couldn't block the legislation, Alvarado kept speaking on the Senate floor. Just minutes after she put down the microphone, the Senate passed the measure 18-11. However, the bill is still being stalled since Democrats continue to stay away from the state House of Representatives in a standoff that has now entered the 32nd day. Civil Arrest Warrants Issued for Texas House Democrats Alvarado's filibuster began hours after officers of the Texas House of Representatives delivered civil arrest warrants for more than 50 absent Democrats on Wednesday. Frustrated Republicans have ratcheted up efforts to end the standoff over the elections bill. On Tuesday, the Texas Supreme Court voided a state district judge's temporary restraining order barring the lawmakers from being arrested. House lawmakers again ordered the chamber's sergeant at arms and any law enforcement officer under their direction to round up the missing Democrats "under warrant of arrest if necessary," according to the Texas Tribune.  But after sergeants-at-arms finished making the rounds inside the Texas Capitol—dropping off copies of the warrants at Democrats' offices, and politely asking staff to tell their bosses to please return—there were few signs the stalemate that began when Democrats fled to Washington, DC, in July in order to grind the statehouse to a halt was any closer to a resolution. What Comes Next? Neither Side Knows The latest escalation threw the Texas Legislature into uncommon territory with neither side showing any certainty over what comes next, or how far Republicans could take their determination to secure a quorum of 100 present lawmakers—a threshold they were just four members shy of reaching.  (CBN) Read more. Texas Declares Sex Change Surgeries for Minors Child Abuse Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced this week that performing sex reassignment surgeries on minors is a form of child abuse. The governor made the announcement Thursday, after receiving a report from Jaime Masters, commissioner of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Masters, Abbott said in a statement, examined “whether genital mutilation of a child for purposes of gender transitioning through reassignment surgery constitutes child abuse.” In her letter to Abbott, Masters affirmed it is child abuse. “This surgical procedure physically alters a child’s genitalia for non-medical purposes potentially inflicting harm to children’s bodies,” she wrote. “Generally, children in the care and custody of a parent lack the legal capacity to consent to surgical treatments, making them more vulnerable.” Masters did, however, note a handful of exceptions. “It may be warranted for the following conditions, including but not limited to, a child whose body parts have been affected by illness or trauma; who is born with a medically verifiable genetic disorder of sex development, such as the presence of both ovarian and testicular tissue; or who does not have the normal sex chromosome structure for male or female, as determined through genetic testing.” She went on to state that failure to report suspected abuse within a timely manner could result in a Class A misdemeanor charge, which may include jail time. (Faithwire.com) Read more here.   [Watch]: Doctor Publicly Destroys CDC's Covid Narrative > > >  Prayer Point: This video is being hidden from public view, removed from many social media platforms. Pray that the message is distributed far and wide as this doctor speaks truth to his local school board.   This video [has been] heavily censored this week on Big Tech platforms. Dr. Dan Stock explains how the current measures to combat COVID-19 do not work. He spoke at the Mt. Vernon, Indiana school board meeting. Watch here if this video has been removed from YouTube:  Dr. Destroys the Entire COVID Narrative | Warren (gab.com) Here is the transcript of Dr. Dan Stark to the Mt. Vernon Community School Corporation, Friday, August 7th, 2021 in Mt Vernon, Indiana (Go Here) Source: Intercessors for America; also published by Breaking Christian News. (Go here.)   Justice Amy Coney Barrett declines to block Indiana University’s vaccine mandate The Trump appointee acted alone in turning down a group of students who argued that the requirement infringed on their rights.   Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday opted not to block an Indiana University vaccine mandate, giving no explanation as to why in declining to unravel the school’s rule that students, faculty and staff must get the Covid-19 shot. Barrett, an appointee of President Donald Trump, is the circuit justice for the 7th Circuit, which covers Indiana. She denied the motion for emergency relief from multiple students who challenged the university’s mandate, acting by herself rather than referring it to the full court. The university allows exemptions from the mandate for both religious and medical reasons. Notably, seven of eight students who filed the lawsuit had received an exemption or were eligible to get one. Indiana University is one of many institutions that have mandated vaccines as students head back into classrooms amid the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus. The students who filed the lawsuit argued that the vaccine mandate violated the 14th Amendment and state law. (POLITICO)  Read more here. - Father God, we do not understand this decision. We ask for Your hand of mercy to rest upon Justice Barrett as we release a word of forgiveness for her. We ask that the universities will honor the religious exemption that is part of this ruling; or that doors would be opened in many other universities across the nation for those students who still refuse to submit to any vaccine agenda. Have mercy, O Lord we pray, amen. - (For these students) "No weapon that is formed against you will succeed; And you will condemn every tongue that accuses you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their vindication is from Me,” declares the Lord." (Isaiah 54:17)   Hottest day in European records, as ‘Lucifer’ anticyclone sweeps through Italy ROME — Regional authorities in Sicily recorded temperatures of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 Fahrenheit) Wednesday as an anticyclone dubbed “Lucifer” swept in, which if confirmed would be a new Italian and European record. The blistering temperature was recorded near Syracuse, beating Italy’s all-time record of 48.5 degrees Celcius (119.3 Fahrenheit), set in Sicily in 1999, and the 1977 record of 48 degrees Celcius (118.4 Fahrenheit) at Eleusis in Greece. A spokesman for Italy’s national meteorological service said the result still had to be validated, while the World Meteorological Organization, which lists the Greece record as Europe’s highest, did not respond to requests for comment. Elsewhere in southern Italy, the anticyclone was forecast to send the mercury rising to 39-42 degrees before sweeping northwards, with weekend temperatures of up to 40 degrees in the central regions of Tuscany and Lazio, which includes Rome. (Times of Israel) Read more.   Recent Floor Activity Daily Digests – House • Senate — Prayers — Committee Reports Related Headlines: Senate — Daily Leader Remarks • Actions begun, passed, declined Executive Session Senate Confirms Navy Secretary, Biden's first ambassador Legislative Session H.R. 3684 — A bill to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways • Senate passes $1T bipartisan infrastructure bill • crypto worries loom S.Con.Res. 14: Budget Reconciliation Resolution • Senate Democrats approve budget resolution, teeing up $3.5T spending plan • Democrats recommend $45 trillion in debt within 10 years • Senate Republicans force Dems to vote on CRT, fracking, abortion and more in marathon 'vote-a-rama' • US Senate passes budget amendment to prevent taxpayer funding of abortions (S.Amdt. 3792) • Democrats Defeat Amendment to Stop Tax-Funded Abortions on Babies With Down Syndrome (S.Amdt. 3331) • Democrats Block Amendment Banning Late-Term Abortions, Stopping Abortions Up to Birth (S.Amdt. 3758) • Senate Unanimously Votes Against Defunding The Police (S.Amdt. 3113), 'This is a gift': Cory Booker enthusiastically endorses • Senate Democrats Vote To Keep Anti-Science School Closures (S.Amdt. 3073) • Senate Democrats show their support for critical race theory (S.Amdt. 3680) • Gun Control in Bernie Sanders’ Budget Resolution Senate Advances Sweeping Election Reform Bill in Partisan Vote Unanimous Consent Senate agrees to award Congressional Gold Medal to Harlem Hellfighters — H.R. 3642 Cruz blocks Biden's State Department nominees over Nordstream 2 pipeline, compares pipeline policy to “giving away the Panama Canal” — Floor Debate Sen. Ted Cruz blocks election legislation during all-nighter in U.S. Senate — Floor Debate Congress Last Week National Security Is the Woke U.S. Military Going the Way of 1940’s France? Foreign Policy Introduced: Senate Resolution 344—Expressing support for the State of Israel joining the African Union under observer status Introduced: Senate Resolution 345—Expressing the sense of the Senate on the political situation in Belarus Constitution Democrats not giving up on changing voting laws ahead of 2022 First Amendment Nancy Pelosi has pro-life Americans protesting the plan to federally fund abortions arrested, a week after the same kind of protests over evictions Second Amendment Biden’s ATF Nominee Talked Guns On A Chinese Propaganda Network, Failed To Tell The Senate • Senate Judiciary Chairman Denies Second Hearing on ATF Nominee, Attacks Reload for Publishing Report on Racism Allegations • Former ATF Agents Urge Senate Not to Confirm David Chipman Immigration Arizona Republican files articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Sec. Mayorkas Federal Spending In June, GAO responded to Congressional requests with a report on federal funding of abortion advocates Treasury Secretary Urges Congress to Raise Debt Ceiling Through ‘Regular Order’ • Top Republican: GOP won't help raise debt limit to fund $3.5 trillion spending package • won't help Dems pay for 'socialist shopping list' despite Yellen debt ceiling request Congress and mandatory spending: The backdoor to the country's decline Infrastructure, bipartisan track: Sen. Hagerty explained his refusal to expedite a vote on final passage of the infrastructure bill (Full Speech) • Trump calls bill 'beginning of the Green New Deal' • 6 Troubling Leftist Wins • Your next car could monitor you for drunken driving if bill passes • Moderate Dems pressure Pelosi to hold infrastructure vote, say how reconciliation will affect debt, inflation, Urge Pelosi to Move Quickly, call for immediate vote on bipartisan infrastructure bill • House Progressives Hold Infrastructure Bill Hostage, won't back infrastructure deal without $3.5T reconciliation package • Pelosi breaks bad news to moderates: No vote on infrastructure this month, signals she won’t bend to outnumbered centrists in spending fight Infrastructure, partisan track: 56% Of Americans Support Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Budget • Free community college, preschool, and amnesty for millions: Senate unveils $3.5 trillion budget plan • Democrats prepare plan to pass 'SALT cap relief' tax break for wealthy • Lots of promises on the Senate floor about climate change: things that are “going” to happen and things the Democrats are “going” to do about it • Moderate Dems to block $3.5T spending plan until infrastructure passes • Manchin: 'I can't really guarantee anybody' reconciliation package will pass • Democrats' big spending plan faces pushback from centrists and liberals • Schumer downplays party squabbling over spending package • Bernie Sanders says he plans to persuade progressives to help pass $3.5T spending package • 'Delicate dance': Manchin and AOC hold the keys on infrastructure • Who are Democrats fighting for? Not you • We must rein in partisan government spending Infrastructure and reconciliation bills undermine competition with China Monetary Policy Crypto industry seeks to build momentum after losing Senate fight Executive Biden Nominates Ex-Merit Systems Protection Board Chair for Labor Authority Biden Admin Decision to Hide Info About Palestinian Terrorism From Congress Broke Law, Watchdog Says Justice Pro-Life Caucus writes to AG, HHS Secretary regarding injustice of not protecting in court the conscience rights of nurses who object to abortion Commerce Policy Biden Pushes Congress To Lower Cost Of Prescription Drugs — Full Remarks Health Care Policy 'They can't arrest all of us': Rand Paul calls for defiance against COVID-19 restrictions Technology Policy Apple and Google seem spooked by bill requiring more app stores and sideloading Education Policy Who Should Teach Your Pre-K Toddler, You or Biden and Pelosi? Congress Family of John Lewis joins rally pressing Biden to help end Senate filibuster rules McCarthy, House Republicans call for transparency and “clear, scientifically-supported standard to measure when the mask mandate will end” in the Capitol Bob Casey Claims He’s a Pro-Life Democrat But He Voted for Abortions Up to Birth; his communications director lists experience working for abortion advocacy group Emily's List — people are policy in Washington Pending Activity Committee Activity Former acting AG testifies before panel probing election interference Former Atlanta US attorney testifies to Senate about abrupt resignation Trump Must Hand Over Two Years of Tax Records to House Panel: Judge House committee turns key Trump DOJ official questioning over to Jan. 6 panel, sidelining GOP Former Republican congressman appointed to advise Jan. 6 panel Floor Outlook Senate Biden’s radical remaking of America Schumer sets September voting rights fight after GOP blocks quick debate House of Representatives House Democrats will cut August recess short to vote on $3.5 trillion budget Senate Floor Schedule Senate is scheduled to meet in pro forma sessions: Tuesday, August 17, at 9:30 a.m. Friday, August 20, at 9 a.m. Tuesday, August 24, at 8:30 a.m. Friday, August 27, at 9 a.m. Tuesday, August 31, at 10:30 a.m. Friday, September 3, at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 7, at 1 p.m. Thursday, September 9, at noon Senate returns for business on until Monday, September 13. Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2093, For the People Act of 2021, a bill to “expand Americans' access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and implement other anti-corruption measures for the purpose of fortifying our democracy.” Senate began consideration of nominations: • James Richard Kvaal, of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary of Education. • David G. Estudillo, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington. • Angel Kelley, of Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts. • Veronica S. Rossman, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit. Senate Committees No Senate committee meetings are scheduled for next week. House Floor Schedule The House is expected to meet in Pro Forma sessions next week. The House returns early from its August recess the following week. House Committees Monday — August 16, 2021 Oversight of the Voting Rights Act: Potential Legislative Reforms Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties (Committee on the Judiciary) 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. 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