Prayer Warriors!
Now is the time to pray. What happens in this fall is being shaped by what is happening right now, during the summer.
In the House, we have elected leaders who are doing what they were elected to do: protect life. The pro-life cause is maintaining and taking back ground in committee, particularly on spending bills.
They will not be able to get this through alone. They need the Church, the Body of Believers, to stand behind them in prayer and in truth to get them enacted.
The opposition is already fierce, and the groundwork is already being laid to assign blame if these important things cannot be carried all the way through into law.
There are two important things to keep in mind:
1. The Senate filibuster may supposedly cool the passions of the House, but the passions of the House can be put to effective use to cool the spending passions of the bureaucrats. If the Constitution requires revenue bills to begin in the House, then slowing down spending to stay within revenues can begin in the House, too.
2. The House majority conference is not as divided as some would have us believe. The three main caucuses in the majority are the Republican Study Committee, the Freedom Caucus, and the Republican Governance Group. Many Members are members of more than one of these groups. They have far more in common than some would have us believe. Speaker McCarthy and the current House majority have been frequently outperforming expectations this year.
Have faith that Our Great God can and will be faithful to complete the work he is doing in our Nation!
Time for prayer!
Oh God! Give us faith! Give us faith to believe that You began a work in this Nation. Give us faith to believe that Your Word is relevant to our Nation and its laws. Give us faith to honor You in our history, our present, and our future.
Lord, hold up our leaders that are seeking to honor You. Lord, crumble the weak foundations of those who are building their lives and our laws on lies and sand. Give Your people courage to believe that You can do mighty things and are able to turn the tide in this Nation. Embolden your people in high position and no position, with many letters after their name and no letters. May Your people stand up to the evil in this land, declare “Enough!”, and push back.
“being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6)
Tim McGhee
CHPP Legislative Analyst, Pray for Congress
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Military — Committees: Senate, House
GAO: DOD Financial Management: Efforts to Address Auditability and Systems Challenges Need to Continue
Conservatives Urge Senators to Oppose Gen. Brown for Chairman of Joint Chiefs
CRS: Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress
Foreign Policy — Committees: Senate, House
Venezuela: Illicit Financial Flows and U.S. Efforts to Disrupt Them • Venezuela’s Natural Gas: Questions Endure
Senators reintroduce bill to prevent U.S. president from leaving NATO (S.J.Res. 37)
CRS: Australia: Background and U.S. Relations
Constitution
House Republicans introduce election reform bill (H.R. 4563), in Georgia, the heart of the fight, say bill will bolster voter confidence warn left will attack it • GOP Bill Would Penalize States That Allow Noncitizens to Vote in State, Local Elections • bill heads to House floor
Fourth Amendment
GOP Rep. Gaetz introduces resolution urging Congress to not renew surveillance tools (H.Res. 577)
Immigration
CRS: Central American Migration: Root Causes and U.S. Policy
Trade
CRS: WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Tax Policy — Committees: House, Senate, Joint
U.S. Senate Finance Committee Letter Seeks Crypto Industry Comments for Taxation Policy
Federal Spending — Committees: House (Bills), Senate (Bills) — FY 2024 bills, table
Federal debt explodes by $1 trillion in five weeks since deal suspending limit became law
Republicans take aim at climate funds in spending bills
Conservatives would vote against appropriations bills above FY 2022 levels
GAO: Federal Budget: Government-Wide Inventory of Accounts with Mandatory Spending, Fiscal Years 2001–2021
Anti-spending fervor may not apply to Member pay raise
CRS: Legislative Branch Appropriations: Frequently Asked Questions
CBO: Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2023 to 2032
Monetary Policy — Committees: House, Senate
Top House Republicans demand information from Fed Board about Silicon Valley Bank failure
Executive — Committees: House, Senate
Probe opened into FBI targeting of House Intelligence committee staffers during Russia probe
GOP Lawmakers Introduce Bills To Disarm Federal Bureaucrats (H.R. 4416, S. 1949)
Secret Service declines to honor White House cocaine docs records request • Unsolved Mystery: Secret Service Throws In The Towel On Investigation • Boebert says after Secret Service briefing drugs discovered three times at White House since 2022
GAO: Federal Real Property: Preliminary Results Show Federal Buildings Remain Underutilized Due to Longstanding Challenges and Increased Telework
Supreme Court
CRS: Supreme Court Strikes Down Racial Consideration in Admissions to Harvard and the University of North Carolina
Senate Democrats Ramp Up Campaign to Discredit, Control Supreme Court • Schumer endorses
Justice — Punishing Evil, Praising Good (Romans 13:3-4; 1 Peter 2:14)
Transnational Organized Crime: Actions Needed to Enhance Management and Capabilities of the Watchlist Program
Commerce Policy — Committees: Senate, House
CRS: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Issues for the 118th Congress • Senators say adding flights to National Airport could slow FAA bill • FAA bills would launch drones to fight wildfires
CRS: Wildfire Smoke and Air Quality • Post-Wildfire Debris Flows: Federal Role in Assessment and Warning
U.S. House and Senate Introduce Credit Card Competition Act (S. 1838, H.R. 3881) • Small Businesses Support • Could benefit Big-Box stores
Tax preparers shared personal data with Meta, Google: Senate report
House Dems insist oil ban is in native tribe’s best interest despite its leaders saying otherwise
CRS: Housing Supply: Recent Trends and Policy Considerations, • The U.S. Housing Underbuilding Gap
Health Care Policy — Committee: Senate
GAO: Indian Health Service Needs to Improve Use of Data on Adverse Events
GAO: Regenerative Medicine: Therapeutic Applications, Challenges, and Policy Options
Technology Policy — Committee: House
Senators grapple with response after first ever classified briefing on AI
Congress — Committees: House, Senate
Evidence-Based Policymaking: Practices to Help Manage and Assess the Results of Federal Efforts
‘Stop demonizing government,’ 20-year veteran Senate chaplain urges
How Marc Molinaro went from teenage mayor to key vote in Congress
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Committee Activity — Bills active in Committees, Subcommittees
Republicans join Democrats in advancing funding bills out of Senate panel (S. 2321, S. 2309, S. 2302)
Senate panel adds language blocking gas stove ban to appropriations bill (S. 2309)
Bill that could close Hong Kong trade offices in US advances in Senate (S. 490, Related: H.R. 1103)
US Senate committee votes to approve key FCC nominee Anna Gomez (Meeting, Video)
U.S. Senate Committee passes resolution recognising Arunachal Pradesh as integral part of India (S.Res. 75, Related: H.Res. 540)
US Senate panel rips into Saudi involvement in PGA Tour-LIV Golf tie-up (Hearing, Statements, Video)
Senate panel to consider Supreme Court ethics package, Thursday, 7/20 (S. 359, Meeting: Executive Business)
Pro-Life Advancements in House Committee • House Republicans push for abortion restrictions
Special thanks to Chairman Mario Diaz-Balart; Rep. Smith applauds pro-life protections in FY2024 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill • US congressional committee approves $2.5 million budget to fight antisemitism (Related: Statement) • House Dems Slam Plan To Cut Funding to North Korean, Chinese, and Iranian Research Labs
NIH's Fauci, Collins heavily shaped COVID origins paper that downplayed lab leak: House report
House panel advances funding bill with deep cuts to health bureaucracies (Meeting, Statement, Docs)
House seeks FBI record on Biden family China deal as White House Fights to Strip Tough-On-China Provisions From Annual Defense Spending Bill
Republicans looks to slash $1 billion in FBI funding amid politicization concerns • FBI chief Wray defends against US House Republicans' accusations • Three Key Questions FBI Director Wray Refused to Answer Under Oath (Meeting, Docs, Video)
Mexican Drug Cartels Operating at ‘Industrial Scale,’ House Panel Is Told (Meeting, Docs)
4 Takeaways From Climate Czar John Kerry’s House Hearing (Docs, Hearing)
House Oversight subcommittee to hold hearing on Biden’s home appliance crackdown next week (Hearing, Docs)
RFK Jr. to testify in House hearing on censorship (7/20 Hearing)
Floor Outlook
Senate
Schumer previews July work period: appropriations, NDAA, insulin, banking, FAA, farm bill, AI, third all-Senate AI briefing on Wednesday, July 26 • McConnell endorses Ukraine aid to “save lives by facilitating a counteroffensive designed to stop Russia's conscious efforts to kill civilians.”
Senate considering a bipartisan measure to require government to make UFO records public Religious Freedom Coalition Urges Senate to Reject Judge Nominee Loren AliKhan, Citing Her ‘Opposition’ to First Amendment Protections
House of Representatives — Rules Committee
CBO: Legislation considered under suspension of the Rules of the House of Representatives during the week of July 17, 2023
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3 p.m., Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Program for Tuesday: Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Rachel Bloomekatz, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation thereon at 5:30 p.m., followed by a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2226, National Defense Authorization Act.
Thursday, 7/13:
National Defense Authorization Act: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year.
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MONDAY, JULY 17TH
On Monday, the House will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. Votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m.
Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules
TUESDAY, JULY 18TH
On Tuesday, the House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and noon for legislative business.
Legislation that may be Considered:
H.J. Res. 68 - Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on October 27, 2006 ( Sponsored by Rep. Boebert / Foreign Affairs Committee )
H.J. Res. 70 - Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 25, 2011 ( Sponsored by Rep. Gosar / Foreign Affairs Committee )
H.J. Res. 74 - Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on May 16, 2012 ( Sponsored by Rep. Gosar / Foreign Affairs Committee )
H.J. Res. 71- Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on May 22, 2003 ( Sponsored by Rep. Crane / Foreign Affairs Committee )
H.J. Res. 79 - Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on May 11, 2004 ( Sponsored by Rep. Gaetz / Foreign Affairs Committee )
Legislation Considered Pursuant to a Rule:
Begin consideration of H.R. 3941 - Schools Not Shelters Act ( Sponsored by Rep. Molinaro / Education and the Workforce Committee )
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19TH
On Wednesday, the House will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business and recess immediately.
The House will reconvene at approximately 11:00 a.m. for the purpose of receiving, in a Joint Meeting, His Excellency Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel.
Legislation Considered Pursuant to a Rule:
Complete consideration of H.R. 3941 - Schools Not Shelters Act ( Sponsored by Rep. Molinaro / Education and the Workforce Committee )
Begin consideration of H.R. 3935 - Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act ( Sponsored by Rep. Graves (MO) / Transportation and Infrastructure Committee )
THURSDAY, JULY 20TH
On Thursday, the House will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. Last votes expected no later than 3:00 p.m.
Legislation Considered Pursuant to a Rule:
Complete consideration of H.R. 3935 - Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act ( Sponsored by Rep. Graves (MO) / Transportation and Infrastructure Committee )
Complete list of Bills for the Week of July 17, 2023
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Senate Committee Meeting Schedules — Congress.gov
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 — CSCE
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Thursday, July 20, 2023
House Committee Meeting Schedules — Congress.gov
Monday — July 17, 2023
Tuesday — July 18, 2023
Wednesday — July 19, 2023
Thursday — July 20, 2023
Friday — July 21, 2023 — Field hearing in Goodyear, Arizona
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Our Weekly Call to Repentance
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CHPP Welcomes You to Join Us Every Week in One Hour of Repentance
Sunday evening at 10:00 p.m. EDT
Dial 717-908-1983
Access Code: 9301470#
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:
717-908-1983
Access Code: 9301470#
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)
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