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United States. Congress -- Membership and Legislators -- Education

Nine percent of the 114th U.S. Congress are Jesuit college and university alumni, according to a press release from the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Among the 535 members, [...]

United States. Congress -- Religious aspects and Legislators -- Religious aspects

WASHINGTON * When the 116th Congress was sworn in Jan. 3, it became one of the most religiously diverse delegations in American history. Still, according to a new survey from [...]

United States. Congress -- Demographic aspects, United States. Congress -- Religious aspects, Legislators -- Demographic aspects, and Legislators -- Religious aspects

WASHINGTON -- The religious makeup of the incoming 111th Congress roughly matches the overall American religious landscape, with overrepresentation among Jews and Mormons, according to a new analysis by the [...]

Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Social policy, Firearms ownership -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Mentally ill

Since the 115th Congress opened in January, several pieces of legislation are making their way through the legislature with the aim of amending or repealing laws and regulations that have [...]

United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Social justice -- Political aspects, and National budgets -- Social aspects

WASHINGTON -- Doomsday for Democrats has arrived. Republicans officially took over Congress this month, and progressives are kicking themselves for failing to convince voters of their vision during the midterm [...]

United States. Congress -- Economic policy, United States. Congress -- Foreign policy, and Immigration policy -- Political aspects

ANALYSIS WASHINGTON * As Congress began its annual Fourth of July recess, members left the capital with a host of urgent national issues unresolved: immigration reform, the farm [...]

Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Nuclear nonproliferation -- Laws, regulations and rules, Nuclear nonproliferation -- Political aspects, and Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Regarding Iran's Nuclear Programme, 2015

In late July, Iran and an international coalition known as the P5+1--comprising the United States, China, France, Germany, Russia and United Kingdom --concluded nearly two years of intensive negotiations with [...]

International relations, Muslims -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, National security, Travel -- Social aspects, Travel -- Canada, Travel -- United States, and United States -- International relations

CANADA: The Canadian Islamic Congress Nov. 11 issued an 'urgent' travel advisory to all Muslims residing in Canada, as well as those living abroad, to avoid travel to the United [...]

Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Social service -- Laws, regulations and rules, Social service -- Political aspects, and Bishops -- Political aspects

U.S. BISHOPS, in a Nov. 13-15, 1995, meeting, sent the U.S. Congress a self-described 'unusually blunt letter' allying the Catholic church with the poor as Congress considered cuts in social [...]

United States. Congress -- Political activity, Popes -- Interviews, Popes -- Political activity, and Popes -- Political aspects

It took only six days for Pope Francis to enter the minds and hearts of much of the United States' population. In a historic, 10-day trip Sept. 19-27 [...]

United States. Senate and Political parties

In this bizarre election year, Donald Trump has been able to suck all the oxygen out of the political room on a daily basis, dominating the news cycle whenever he [...]

United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Budget deficits -- Political aspects, Foreign policy -- Political aspects, and Imports -- Political aspects

CONGRESS IN JANUARY 1987 will face a host of problems, such as decreasing the frightening annual deficit of $200 billion, controlling the tidal wave of foreign imports and foreign capital, [...]

United States. Library of Congress, African Americans -- Civil rights, Catholics -- Civil rights, Civil rights movements, and Suffrage

The voting rights demonstrations led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 50 years ago in Selma, Ala., are among the most significant events of the modern civil rights movement. They [...]

Company legal issue, Religion and state -- Cases, Chief justices -- Discipline, and Conduct of life

Roy Moore, the suspended Alabama Chief Justice, says he will offer his Ten Commandments monument to Congress for display in the U.S. Capitol. Installation of the monument at the Alabama [...]

United States. Congress, Concentration camps -- Political aspects, and Legislators -- Political aspects

Your editorial 'Don't look away from concentration camps' (NCR, June 28-July 11) does its best to lay responsibility for the sad conditions on our southern border in President Donald Trump's [...]

Catholic Church -- Officials and employees, Nuns -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Lobbying, and Sudan -- Social aspects

Daughters of Divine Love Sr. MaryPaul Asoegwu of the U.S. bishops' Migration and Refugee Services helps youths register to speak at a lobbying session on Capitol Hill July 9. The [...]

Company legal issue, Government regulation, United Nations. International Court of Justice -- Cases, and International law -- Interpretation and construction

On July 9, the International Court of Justice determined that the Israeli government's construction of a separation wall running through the occupied Palestinian West Bank was illegal. The decision was [...]

United States. House of Representatives -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration and Religion and politics

WASHINGTON * A bipartisan invitation to Pope Francis to address a joint session of Congress if he comes to the U.S. in 2015 recognizes 'the importance of the qualities' the [...]

United States. Congress -- Foreign policy, Prime ministers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Prime ministers -- Foreign policy, Raids (Military science) -- International aspects, Raids (Military science) -- Political aspects, and Foreign policy -- Political aspects

Thanks to strong pressure from President Barack Obama during his visit to Israel in March, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally apologized to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for [...]

United States. House of Representatives -- Evaluation and Legislators -- Evaluation

WASHINGTON * The Secular Coalition for America issued a 'report card' on members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate based on their votes on recent legislation involving church-state [...]