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View this email in your browser Legislative Snapshot United We Stand — October 9, 2021 This Monday, we will welcome back Kolyah, the author of Insight for Intercessors, as she shares breaking news from around the world of key interest to our network. To join us, please dial: 712-770-4160; Access code: 616137# Date: Monday, October 11, 2021 Time: 8:00 p.m. EDT  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, October 9, 2019 "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" Today's Top Story Virginia Judge Hands Victory to Parents, Sides Against Prosecutor on School Board Recall  A Virginia-based parent group attempting to oust five Loudoun County School Board members was given a small win after a Loudoun County Circuit Court judge ruled Tuesday in favor of the organization’s recall petition against a board member who sought to dismiss it. On Tuesday, a judge denied Loudoun County school board member Beth Barts’ motion to dismiss the case and also removed Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj from the case. The group Fight For Schools and others have alleged that Barts was involved in a private Facebook group that violated the School Board’s Code of Conduct and other laws after members allegedly tried to attempt to reveal private information about parents and opponents. Judge Jeanette Irby, meanwhile, ruled that Biberaj should be removed from the case due to a public perception issue, arguing the public may not trust the prosecutor to be impartial. “I have the utmost respect for Ms. Biberaj … however, if she continued on this case there would never be acceptance on this case,” Irby said, according to local media outlets. An attorney for Citizens of Leesburg, another plaintiff in the case, cited a Twitter post made by Biberaj in which she shared a letter to the editor published in Loudoun Now that supported the district’s diversity, equity, and inclusion work—which is closely aligned with the quasi-Marxist critical race theory that’s now at the center of many heated school board debates across the United States. Biberaj was also listed as a member of the same private Facebook group in which Barts had belonged—Anti-Racist Parents of Loudoun—where members were allegedly sought to reveal private information, or “doxx,” parents and opponents of critical race theory. (Epoch Times) Read more.    - Father God, in a week when we have heard that the FBI is about to arrest law-abiding parents for simply voicing their concerns, as "domestic terrorists" at school board meetings across the nation, we REJOICE at this good news! May the example set by Judge Jeanette Irby become a judicial standard for the rights of our citizens to speak freely, especially when defending the well being of our children. In Your Name, amen and amen. - "You need not fight in this battle; station yourselves, stand and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out to face them, for the LORD is with you."            (2 Chronicles 20:17)   Students nationwide take part in 'Bring Your Bible to School Day' to speak God's truth into culture Hundreds of thousands of Christian students nationwide were encouraged to bring their Bibles to school on Thursday as part of a Christian advocacy organization's annual Bring Your Bible to School Day.  Focus on the Family spearheaded its eighth annual Bring Your Bible to School Day as students were emboldened to share the word of God with their classmates. The purpose of the occasion is to have students "read and treasure Scripture as God's Holy Word, to encourage others with the hope we have in Christ Jesus, and to celebrate our religious freedoms in the United States."  "This annual campaign empowers Christian students of all ages to speak God's grace and truth into the culture around them, starting with two simple steps — bringing their Bibles to school and sharing what God's word means to them," Focus on the Family Program Manager Bret Eckelberry said in a statement. (Christian Post) Read more.  - Father God, as we end another difficult week in America, we thank You for hearing a second good news report today. We pray that the seeds of truth that were released during this special day last week would bear fruit for You, Holy One, and for the work of Your kingdom. In Jesus' name, amen. - " . . . And a little child shall lead them." (Isaiah 11:6)   Statements by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America Updates for Friday, October 8th   1. “Support for Donald Trump rising ahead of Des Moines rally” Read the full article by KCCI 8 Des Moines here.  2. “Republican Lawmakers Demolish Democrats’‘Big Lie’ That Arizona Audit Proved Biden Won the Election” The Big Lie is reversed by great Patriots. The Election was a fraud. A must read! Read the full article by Debra Heine with American Greatness here.  3. Big Michigan Rally coming up on Oct. 12th, on the Capitol steps in Lansing, where Patriots will demand a Forensic Audit of the 2020 Presidential Election Scam. The Voter Fraud is beyond what anyone can believe. Anyone who cares about our Great Country should attend, because unless we look to the past and fix what happened, we won’t have a future or a Country. Matt DePerno, Rep. Steve Carra, and Kristina Karamo, who I have endorsed, will be there. Let’s Go, Michigan, don’t let us down! 4. Republican Senators, do not vote for this terrible deal being pushed by folding Mitch McConnell. Stand strong for our Country. The American people are with you!  In Context: Strategic Pause After rejecting a request for a strategic pause from a Senator from his own party a month ago, Majority Leader Schumer this week accepted an offer for a pause from Republican Leader McConnell. Wall Street was getting nervous and credit rating agencies were announcing intended changes if the debt ceiling was not raised. While Republicans felt they had a strong case for having nothing to do with a debt limit increase, they gave a temporary reprieve to ensure their case was airtight. Make no mistake, if they are not taken seriously, if the U.S. hits a hard fiscal limit, and Members of Congress start taking incoming from all corners of the economy, the pressure to “do something” will be immense, unlike anything yet seen. What McConnell said: A day after noting “Democrats requested and won new powers—new powers—to repeatedly reuse the reconciliation process,” he said this week’s actions “definitively resolv[e] the majority's excuse that they lacked time to address the debt limit through the 304 reconciliation process.” In other words, Senate Democrats asked for this, and now Republicans are going to make sure they use it. If Democrats want the infrastructure bills linked, the Republicans are going to make sure the debt limit is linked, too. What Schumer understood: This week’s “vote is proof positive that the debt limit can be addressed without going through the reconciliation process, just as Democrats have been saying for months.” His insults to Republicans in that speech in response to their mercy is hardening their resolve to ensure his conclusion is incorrect. We’ve had months of the party leaders talking past each other, and now we’re signed up for about two more. This strategic pause is not a cooling off period. This is a period of entrenchment for an even hotter fight in 55 calendar days with multiple major legislative deadlines once again coming due all at once: annual government funding, annual defense legislation, debt limit, etc. It's also worth noting this is not a done deal yet. While response to this Senate action from House Democrats has been muted, they have no margin for error, and some moderates are not happy about how this now increases they number of debt ceiling increase votes they will have to take this Congress. Democrats claim that the debt limit is about past spending. Fair enough. Now we are reaping what we have sown. If this is now a problem, the answer is not to sow more of what led to the problem. Needing and allowing more debt does not demonstrate a willingness to pay; it demonstrates the opposite. The debt limit is the last legislative tool to ensure that we stop sowing into this problem and making it worse. The ultimate and necessary answer is to change our minds about those ways and seek the mercy of the Lord. Not that long ago, the debt ceiling did not hold that much sway over American lawmaking. The same can be said for the full faith and credit of the United States. An increase in debt not being needed is what make our credit credible. Debt tells lies. It says you can reap now and sow later. It teaches that our time later is worth less than our time now. So much of what we chase in this life is only a shadow of things to come in abundance. The true substance is of Christ (Colossians 2:17). We would be better off setting our minds on things above, not on things on the earth (Colossians 3:2). We should not stop looking at what is happening in Congress, but we should stop looking to Congress to make things happen. Father, we ask you to give us a strategic pause before You, to raise up Your Truth from Your Word in this time, in this place, in our nation, in our Congress, with our leaders. May they know and see who we were, who we have been, who we are, Your purposes for us, how we have turned away from them, and how You want to bring us back to Yourself. Father, we also lift up Speaker Pelosi before you. We thank you for her trip to visit Pope Francis, and we ask You to open her heart to the sanctity of life and the amazing work You do in the womb. Please turn her and our Nation away from the evil of the taking of life in the womb. To the extent that this is the underlying issue in our nation right now, we ask you to make that plain to our leaders, and give them the will to act according to Your will. “And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.” (Colossians 2:13-15) Recent Floor Activity Daily Digests – House • Senate — Prayers — Committee Reports Senate — Daily Leader Remarks • Actions begun, passed, declined, summarized Related Headlines: Senate Executive Session Lauren King confirmed to U.S. district court Legislative Session Congress sends 30-day highway funding patch to Biden after infrastructure stalls S. 1301, the legislative vehicle to suspend the debt limit Senate approves short-term debt ceiling increase Schumer Gloats (Full Speech), Senate Democrats are still vowing not to act later via reconciliation Biden Warned In Letter Ripping Schumer’s Speech: ‘Even Democratic Senators Were Visibly Embarrassed’ Why the Senate blinked — and stepped back from the brink of a federal default Congress Last Week National Security Rep. Chip Roy tells GOP to vote no on NDAA unless 'daughter draft' is removed from legislation Foreign Policy New Senate Bill Addresses Afghanistan Crisis House Republicans Probe Climate Groups’ Ties to China Fourth Amendment Lawmakers introduce bill to limit data collection at border crossings Tax Policy Democrats are pushing to make the Child Tax Credit permanent which 35% of Americans support Federal Spending Bipartisan infrastructure bill: Kyrsten Sinema skewers House Democrats for infrastructure failure • Civil war among House Democrats leaves infrastructure bill in limbo despite leaders' public optimism Partisan infrastructure bill: Schumer calls on divided Democrats to reach spending deal 'in days, not weeks' • Abortion Flashpoint for Democratic Factions • Manchin says reconciliation bill must include controversial Hyde Amendment (The Hill gets slammed for labeling the Hyde Amendment as 'controversial') • Leader of House Progressives Says She Won’t Vote for Reconciliation Bill if It Includes Hyde Amendment • Can Democrats settle for $2 trillion? • Democrats' 'Build Back Better' agenda is a payback to wealthy allies • White House: Democrats Will Be ‘Disappointed’ as Party Scales Back Biden Agenda • Democrats start bargaining in bid to save party-line megabill • Senate Parliamentarian May Decide If Millions of New Immigrants Can Enter US • 92 legal scholars call on Harris to preside over Senate to include immigration in reconciliation • CBO unable to estimate a timeline needed for estimating the cost of the bill which is already full of consequential policy Monetary Policy Democrats look to unconventional $1T coin idea or nixing limit altogether • White House Rules Out $1 Trillion Platinum Coin Executive Senate Minority Report Exonerates Trump Of Weaponizing DOJ Over Election Results House GOP Members Demand Documents From Biden Administration Related to Afghanistan Exit McConnell reactivates his connection to Biden — with a sharp debt warning Judiciary Biden has appointed most federal judges through Oct. 1 of a president’s first year Congress ‘Real Possibility’ Senate Democrats Nuke Filibuster Rules to Raise Debt Ceiling: Biden • Manchin dismisses nuking filibuster for debt ceiling • Anti-gun group launches campaign to end filibuster Sinema lashes out at ‘unlawful’ activists who filmed her and ASU students in bathroom • ‘Over the line’: Schumer condemns Sinema bathroom protesters Pelosi meets pope as abortion debate rages back home Former US Rep. Todd Akin Dies Pending Activity Committee Activity Senate Judiciary squares off over John Lewis voting rights bill Six Key Takeaways From Senate Hearing With Facebook Whistleblower • Congress Demands Action Against Facebook After Hearing Whistleblower Testimony House Panel Hears From Witnesses on Risks to Water From ‘Forever Chemicals’ Jan. 6 committee issues latest round of subpoenas for rally organizers • White House orders release of Trump records to Jan. 6 committee • Omarosa Manigault Newman: Jan. 6 committee 'on the right track' with Katrina Pierson subpoena • Facebook whistleblower to meet with Jan. 6 committee: report Floor Outlook Senate Schumer Calls for Passage of Infrastructure Bill by End of October McConnell vows GOP won't help raise debt ceiling in December after Schumer 'tantrum', tells Biden that debt ceiling will not be raised by Republicans in December Tense Debt-Ceiling Vote Sets Stage for Tougher Fight House of Representatives House to vote Tuesday on debt limit hike Pelosi sets end-of-October deadline for infrastructure vote, wants to pass bipartisan infrastructure bill 'well before then' • Progressive Caucus chair wants Senate to vote on reconciliation before House votes on infrastructure Senate Floor Schedule Senate meets in pro forma sessions next week. Unfinished business: 50-49, Senate agreed to the nomination of the Motion to Discharge: Catherine Elizabeth Lhamon to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education, from the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 54-39, Senate agreed to bring debate to a close on the nomination of Gustavo A. Gelpi to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the First Circuit. The week after next, Senate resumes consideration of the nomination of Christine P. O'Hearn, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey. Subsequent floor schedule until December 3, 2021: (approximate dates) • Senate meets for votes for 3 weeks (10/18-11/4). • Senate is in a State Work Period for the week of Veterans Day. • Senate meets for votes for a week (11/15-11/18). • Senate is in a State Work Period Thanksgiving week. • Senate meets for votes for a week (11/29-12/3). Senate Committees No Senate committee meetings are scheduled for next week. House Floor Schedule Next week is a Committee Work Week with the added exception of Tuesday.   3 p.m., Tuesday, October 12, 2021 Program for Tuesday: Consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to S. 1301—Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act (legislative vehicle to raise debt limit). Text of Bill(s) for the Week of October 11, 2021 Subsequent floor schedule until December 3, 2021: • House meets for votes for 3 weeks (10/19-11/5). • House has a Committee Work Week the week of Veterans Day. • House meets for votes the following week (11/15-11/18). • House has a District Work Period of Thanksgiving week. • House meets for votes the following week (11/30-12/3). House Committees Wednesday — October 13, 2021 Domestic Violent Extremist Groups and the Recruitment of Veterans Committee on Veterans' Affairs Full Committee Markup on HR 160, HR 442, HR 570, HR 897, HR 1286, HR 1931, HR 1975, HR 2024, HR 2074, HR 2088, HR 2107, HR 2643, HR 2930, HR 3075, HR 3222, HR 3670, HR 4881, and HR 5221 Committee on Natural Resources Task Force on Artificial Intelligence: Beyond I, Robot: Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, and the Digital Age Committee on Financial Services Growing the Small Business Supplier Base in Government Contracting Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure (Committee on Small Business) Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 2819, the Solid Start Act of 2021; • H.R. 2916, the VA Cannabis Research Act of 2021; • H.R. 4575, the Veteran Peer Specialist Act of 2021; • H.R. 4794, the Making Advances in Mammography and Medical Options (MAMMO) for Veterans Act; • H.R. 5029, the Expanding the Families of Veterans Access to Mental Health Services Act; • H.R. 5073, the Revising and Expediting Actions for the Crisis Hotline (REACH) for Veterans Act; • H.R. 5317, the VA Governors Challenge Expansion Act of 2021; Discussion Draft, Veterans Census-Enabled National Treatment Equitable Resources Supplement (Vet CENTERS) for Mental Health Act of 2021; Discussion Draft, Legislation authorizing VA to furnish seasonal influenza vaccines to individuals who are eligible for COVID-19 vaccines under the SAVE LIVES Act, P.L. 117-4; Discussion Draft, Legislation to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care from the Department of Veterans Affairs to include veterans of World War II; Discussion Draft, Department of Veterans Affairs Nurse and Physician Assistant Retention and Income Security Enhancement (VA Nurse and Physician Assistant RAISE) Act; Discussion Draft, Legislation to improve VAs Veterans Justice Outreach Program; Discussion Draft, Legislation to require VA to report to Congress within one year of enactment on the Veterans Integration to Academic Leadership (VITAL) program, which supports student veteran mental health Subcommittee on Health (Committee on Veterans' Affairs) Source: House.gov Thursday — October 14, 2021 Legislative Hearing on H.R. 149, H.R. 250, H.R. 3197, H.R. 3531, H.R. 4009, H.R. 4380, H.R. 4454, H.R. 4648, and H.R. 4706. Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands (Committee on Natural Resources) The Future of Forecasting: Building a Weather-Ready Nation on All Fronts Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Cashed Out: How a Cashless Economy Impacts Disadvantaged Communities and Peoples Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Committee on Financial Services) Investing in American Jobs: Legislation to Strengthen Manufacturing and Competitiveness Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce (Committee on Energy and Commerce) Impacts of Abandoned Offshore Oil and Gas Infrastructure and the Need for Stronger Federal Oversight. Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources (Committee on Natural Resources) Source: House.gov Friday — October 15, 2021 Waiting on the Mail: Postal Service Standard Drops in Chicago and the Surrounding Area Subcommittee on Government Operations (Committee on Oversight and Reform) Zoned Out: Examining the Impact of Exclusionary Zoning on People, Resources, and Opportunity Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance (Committee on Financial Services) "Colorado River Drought Conditions and Response Measures" Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife (Committee on Natural Resources) 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! United We Stand                      October 9, 2021 Join our Bible Readathon, every night except Sunday morning, from midnight to 6:00 a.m. Call 508-924-5411 (no access code). Our moderator will welcome you and invite you to share in our reading. Praise God! His Word does NOT return to us void!  "So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; it will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, and without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it." (Isaiah 55:11) “Judgment is turned away backward, and justice stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter." (Isaiah 59:14) 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! Nightly Prayer to HOLD THE LINE... and Today's Prophetic Words We invite you to join a NIGHTLY prayer call with Rick Warzywak, Prayer leader for Transform Michigan. The call is focused on prayer over the Presidential election results and is EVERY NIGHT from 9-10pm EST. 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