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View this email in your browser Legislative Snapshot United We Stand                   November 6, 2021 Be sure to move your clock BACK ONE HOUR tonight! Then, plan on joining us this Monday, November 8th, for our weekly CHPP National Conference Call. Our speaker is Apostolos Tzimanis, who heads up the GlobalPrayerMeeting out of Dearborn, Michigan. Please have elements ready, as we will begin this prayer session by serving Communion.    Date; Monday, November 8th Time: 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Conference Number: 712-770-4160 Access Code: 616137# 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, November 6, 2021 "For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations." (Psalm 22:28) Over 340 Million Persecuted': Believers Set to Mark International Day of Prayer for Oppressed Christians' Each November, the call goes out around the globe for Christians to come together and pray for the persecuted church. Organizers of this year's International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians say intercession is needed now more than ever as hundreds of millions of believers are experiencing attacks on an extreme level. (CBN) Learn more by going here. "We the People" "Standing United Together . . . Under the Cross of Christ" NEW JERSEY ELECTION UPDATE 56 Voting Machines Were Shut Down, Shipped To Warehouse On Election Night In Dem Stronghold County Where Gov Murphy Got Over 113K Votes  After the polls closed in New Jersey on Tuesday evening, stunned political pundits watched GOP candidate Jack Ciattarelli take the lead in the governor’s race against the incumbent Democrat Governor Phil Murphy. Then, on Wednesday morning, after Americans watched coverage of the election showing Ciattarelli flipping traditionally blue counties to red and picking up significantly more votes in red counties than in previous elections, something curious happened—with almost 100% of red counties reporting their votes, election results from Democrat stronghold counties began to trickle in, and Murphy began to take a negligible lead. Then, as the day wore on, more blue counties reported their results, and like magic, Murphy got just enough votes to be declared the winner.   But there’s more… In Essex County, a Democrat stronghold,  56 voting machines were shut down on election night and were NOT counted. On Wednesday, County Clerk Christopher Durkin said voting machines in 56 districts were shut down without being counted first. Durkin blamed the shutdown of 56 voting machines on a “poll worker error.” Caputo explained that New Jersey has until November 18 to count all votes and until all votes are certified. Nevertheless, Democrat Governor Phil Murphy was declared the winner of the NJ governor’s race by the media yesterday. According to the New York Times, Murphy won the election by 40,701 votes. (Read more)   - Father God, we come against all instances of fraud not only in the election in New Jersey, but also all across our nation. We reject a false witness and we ask that only true results be tabulated in this election. In Your Name, amen. - "Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out." (Proverbs 10:9)  House Vote on Biden Agenda Was Stalled by Democratic Divisions U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks to reporters as House Democrats work on infrastructure and spending bills on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 4, 2021. (Joshua Roberts/Getty Images) The House of Representatives’s scheduled vote on Friday on President Joe Biden’s agenda—consisting of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and Democrats’ partisan Build Back Better $1.75 trillion budget bill—has been stalled by moderates demanding several concessions from leaders. Despite fissures in the party, leadership decided to schedule a Hail Mary vote on the agenda today. As a last ditch effort to prevent a vote on the bill, Republicans called for a vote to have Congress adjourn for the day in a motion put forward by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.); Republicans have been unanimously opposed to the budget since its introduction, but a few have lent their support to the infrastructure bill. The motion lingered on the floor into the afternoon on Friday, with little sign that it will be concluded any time soon. According to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the vote was dragged out so long because Democrats are trying to work out an eleventh-hour deal with different elements of their party. Speaking at a press conference while the motion to adjourn lingered on the House floor, McCarthy chuckled about the situation. “Can you believe the vote is still open?” McCarthy asked as he took the podium. “You know, we made history today,” he continued. “This is the longest vote held open in the history of Congress.” McCarthy judged that the vote had not been concluded because Democrats “don’t have the votes [for Biden’s agenda] today.” (Read more) (Source: The Epoch Times)  - Father God, we thank You for the gift of a prayer language, for Scripture is clear that, "when we know not how to pray," we can offer prayer before Your Throne of grace in the language You have blessed us with. In this case, this bill is so complex, and still so "bloated," we trust that as we all intercede together in tongues, Your will, and only Your will, shall prevail. Amen. - " In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God." (Romans 8:26,27)   Ohio GOP Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Ban Abortions Ohio Republicans introduce bill to effectively ban all abortions following Texas Heartbeat Act The Ohio bill would ban abortion at any stage of pregnancy and employ a similar enforcement mechanism as the one used under the Texas Heartbeat Act.  COLUMBUS, Ohio (LifeSiteNews) — As the Supreme Court hears challenges to Texas’ “Heartbeat Act” which bans abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, Ohio Republicans have introduced a bill which goes a step farther than the Texas law, which appears to outlaw almost all abortions regardless of cardiac activity or gestation time.  On Tuesday GOP lawmakers in Ohio introduced House Bill 480, which defines  an “unborn child” as an individual human being “from fertilization until live birth.” The legislation would prohibit abortion by making it a crime for any person in the state to administer, procure, or sell “any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance, device, or means with the purpose to terminate the pregnancy of a woman, with knowledge that the termination by any of those means will, with reasonable likelihood, cause the death of the unborn child.” “Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person shall purposely perform or attempt to perform an abortion,” the bill states. The legislation states that exceptions to Ohio’s proposed abortion ban would be granted only to those whose assistance in an abortion was “designed or intended to prevent the death of a pregnant mother and the physician made reasonable medical efforts under the circumstances to preserve both the life of the mother and the life of her unborn child in a manner consistent with conventional medical practice.’” It is unclear whether such an exception would exclude the delivery of pre-viable babies. Supported by over half of Ohio’s House Republicans, HB 480 is sponsored by Republican State Representatives Jena Powell and Thomas Hall as well as 33 Republican co-sponsors. “The sanctity of human life, born and preborn, must be preserved in Ohio,” said Rep. Powell in a statement, adding that the bill, also known as the 2363 Act (an estimated 2,363 children are killed in America through abortion every day), is “about protecting our fundamental, constitutional right to be born and live. Abortion kills children, scars families, and harms women. We can and must do better.” . . . Based upon the language of the Declaration, the bill’s sponsors argue that the legislature “may define, by law, the scope of protections afforded by this section to unborn persons” and that “[a]ny prohibition of conduct with regard to unborn persons shall be prescribed by the legislature by law.” It remains to be seen whether the bill will ultimately become law in Ohio, with its success depending in large part upon the Supreme Court. (Read more)  In Context: After Elections A year ago, who expected the Executive Branch of the U.S. Federal government to take a whole-of-government approach to censoring anything but words of praise for the coronavirus injection and to making everyone take said injection? When during the 2020 presidential campaign were we promised to be fired if we did not comply? Those were actions we learned to expect only after the new Administration assumed power. In elections across the country this week, at least 10 percent of Americans voted for a different direction for the country than they did a year earlier. If we were able to reason together, the Administration would conclude the American people want less of what it is offering. However, we're not dealing with reason. We're dealing with Deuteronomy 28 madness in this country. The Administration has now revealed more of its intent. Two days after the elections, OSHA unveiled its employer injection mandate and announced employers may require its employees to pay for the required weekly testing. This could crush the part-time job market. Either employers would have the bureaucratic headache of dealing with testing results from a whole range of testing vendors, or employees would have to provide test results for each part-time employer. Add in employees bearing the costs of weekly testing, and many part-time jobs could quickly become not sufficiently valuable for employees to maintain. Since when does it make sense to use a day's wage each week or more to pay for the privilege of keeping a job, especially if one has two or three part-time jobs? While Americans at the polls were trying to step on the brakes, Congress is ready to step on the gas. Yet, it's not as if they think Americans would support them more if they had already passed their big agenda items. The leader of House progressives recognizes passing trillions more in spending could cost them the election in 2022. MSNBC may sing their praises for putting money in people's pockets, but people know that means more money will end up going to the grocery store and the gas station. The White House was literally dumbfounded this week when a reporter asked why it wouldn't give money to people who come to this country legally? It was a moment of sanity designed to stand in contrast to the insanity of giving people who come to this country illegally more money than we give to the Gold Star families of those who never get to return to this country. The madness can also be seen in the child care debate. We need more child care so that moms can work so that they can pay for child care. If one is ready to ask, Why not just pay moms to raise their kids, in some ways Democrats are trying to do that, too, with the regular direct deposit of the Child Tax Credit. There is no figuring out the end of the madness. There is no sense in expecting the madness to end on its own. We should not expect this Congress to heed in any way a message from the voters. We need to uphold our country and our elected and unelected officials up in prayer now as ever. The to do list is just as long as it has been with this Congress still procrastinating on its basic responsibilities (national security, government funding, monetary soundness) as it has all year. Father, we lift our Nation up before You. We ask You to remind us anew of the teaching of Your Word that led to the Founding of this Nation in the first place. Father, send forth Your Word throughout this land to make clear Your purposes for government to punish evil and praise good, and may government officials fulfill those responsibilities fully and only. “This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.” (Jeremiah 6:16) Recent Floor Activity Daily Digests – House • Senate — Prayers — Committee Report Related Headlines: Senate — Daily Leader Remarks • Actions begun, passed, declined, summarized Executive Session Schumer touts the “first openly gay woman to serve…in any Federal circuit court in the country” and a nominee who would be “the highest ranking Muslim in government” Legislative Session Senate votes to block consideration of John Lewis Voting Rights Act House of Representatives — Actions passed, summarized Suspension of the Rules House passes bills to shore up small business cybersecurity 40 House Democrats vote against resolution supporting Cuban protesters Considered Pursuant to a Rule House holds longest vote in modern history as Democrats struggle for unity House passes infrastructure bill, sending it to Biden's desk • Lawmakers who bucked their parties • mayors praise passage Congress Last Week National Security GOP blasts Schumer for ‘dereliction of duty’ as defense spending package sits in Senate • Why Is Defense Authorization Bill Languishing in Senate? • Wicker Calls for Immediate Consideration of Defense Bill Foreign Policy Strong Tech Support Could Help Sell Congress on Global Tax Rules: Yellen U.S. Congress calls on Biden to give more weapons to Ukraine US Congress members want disease monitoring center in Taiwan Tax Policy After failing to tax Bezos, Democrats look to tax LeBron Federal Spending House outlines immigration provisions in latest Build Back Better package, Republicans sound alarm • 9 Examples Show Why Democrats’ Revised Spending Bill Is Still Awful • Manchin not ready to back $1.75T budget package • Democrats pinning climate hopes on revised methane fee • House moderates detail what it will take to get their votes for Biden's agenda (Flashback: Pelosi criticized GOP for not getting CBO score before passing bills) • House Democrats brush off Manchin • Manchin doubles down as House puts paid leave in spending bill • Dueling 'SALT' fixes in play as Democrats try to close budget deal • Sanders floats SALT cap compromise • Democrats plan to cut taxes for wealthier blue-state homeowners in final spending deal • Will Biden's reconciliation bill transform early childhood education? • Progressives declare victory in spending bill fight • Jayapal: It's worth passing spending plan even if Democrats lose House Executive Biden Pick for Fed Chair Expected Soon, Yellen Says House Judiciary Republicans Investigating How US Attorneys Acted On Garland’s Memo Targeting Parents Sen. Lee: Senate considering making CDC Director subject to Senate confirmation Commerce Policy Marsha Blackburn Backs Essential Workers Against Vaccine Mandates Bill would nullify noncompete agreements if employee was fired for refusing injections Rep Comer: Government should waive penalties on contractors hit by supply chain issues Health Care Policy Congressional Physician Caucus Calls on FDA Advisor to Retract ‘Harmful’ Comments About Injections for Children Congress Democrats ramp up filibuster talks after voting rights setback • Carper comes out in support of nixing filibuster on voting rights Congress gridlocked on the gridiron, loses to Capitol Police Greene accrues $48K in fines for ignoring House mask mandate Pending Activity Committee Activity Republicans stall SBA nominee, citing Planned Parenthood loans, Muslim group ‘Last stop’ House committee takes its turn in the limelight Emanuel nomination advances despite Democratic opposition Jan. 6 panel has interviewed more than 150 people so far, is willing to grant immunity, weighs contempt after brief deposition with former Trump DOJ official Clark Senate Floor Schedule Senate is in a State Work Period next week and meets in pro forma sessions. Senate Committees No Senate committee meetings are scheduled for next week. House Floor Schedule The House has a Committee Work Week next week and meets in Pro Forma sessions. House Committees Tuesday — November 9, 2021 Does Discrimination Exist in Federal Passenger Rail Contracting? Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials (Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure) There's No Pride in Prejudice: Eliminating Barriers to Full Economic Inclusion for the LGBTQ+ Community (and exclusion of the faith community) Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion (Committee on Financial Services) Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 268, H.R. 980, H.R. 1469, H.R. 2512, H.R. 2551, H.R. 3600, H.R. 4358, H.R. 4404, H.R. 4494, and H.R. 5118. Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands (Committee on Natural Resources) Oversight of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights: Lessons Learned from the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 — Reform Act Committee on House Administration Source: House.gov Wednesday — November 10, 2021 Weathering the Storm: Reauthorizing the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Subcommittee on Research and Technology (Committee on Science, Space, and Technology) Hunger Among Veterans and Servicemembers: Understanding the Problem and Evaluating Solutions Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations (Committee on Agriculture) 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.