The Deficit Deal Explained:

August 15, 2011

A non-wonky guide to the Budget Control Act’s sweeping push to cut federal spending (and maybe increase revenue, too?).

Webinar, Thursday, August 18, 1:00pm EST. (1 hour 15 minutes long)

Click here to register.

If you are concerned about health care, jobs, hunger, services for seniors, children, or people with disabilities, housing, rebuilding communities, reducing poverty…well – if you’re concerned about pretty much any of the problems facing this nation, you need to know about the new Budget Control Act.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Posted by Christina Warner

For Those That Know the Wrath of Our Idolatry

August 8, 2011

Nathan Toews writes about the effects of cluster bombs for Third Way Cafe:

Outha Sidakham demonstrates how he uses a metal detector to find ordinance, then marks it with a stake to later detonate. (MCC Photo/Jenna Stoltzfus)

The cluster bomb is a weapon that continues to cause thousands of
 civilian casualties decades after its use. With unexploded munitions lying hidden in the ground people find themselves falling victim while going about daily activities.

In 2010 an international treaty known as the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) took effect. While the United States has not yet agreed to the treaty, a bill has been introduced in the U.S. Congress known as the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act

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Posted by Patricia Kisare

Call the House today to reduce Pentagon spending

July 7, 2011

Debate on the defense appropriations bill continues today on the floor of the House of Representatives.

Call your representative now in support of amendments to reduce Pentagon spending.

More information is available here.

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Posted by Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach

June Immigration Update

June 30, 2011

This update (in English and Spanish) gives a summary of developments in immigration policy in Congress, by the Obama administration, and at the state level. Topics include the DREAM Act, a bill to make the e-Verify program mandatory, comprehensive immigration reform, bills on the border, Haiti deportations and temporary protected status, unjust immigration raids, President Obama’s immigration speech, and the mixed bag of immigration policy at the state level.

More immigration resources

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Posted by Tammy Alexander

Praying for peace, paying for war

May 23, 2011

Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach writes for PeaceSigns:

Indeed, the amount of money the United States spends on its “security” is staggering. Currently the United States spends more on its military than nearly all other nations of the world combined. The base budget for the Pentagon exceeds half a trillion dollars, and the number soars well above $700 billion when the cost of the wars is added in…
Yet the budget that Congress finally passed for Fiscal Year 11 increased military spending over last year’s level. The same budget included deep cuts to public housing, housing for low-income seniors and persons with disabilities, and job training.
Click here to read the article.


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Posted by Patricia Kisare

DREAM Act Reintroduced

May 13, 2011

On Wednesday, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and 32 other Senators reintroduced the DREAM Act (the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act, S.952).  Unfortunately, the bill has very slim prospects of passing in the current Congressional session (2011-12).

MCC WO statement | DREAM resources | Sen. Durbin’s press release

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Posted by Tammy Alexander

California takes decisive step against Congo’s conflict minerals

April 29, 2011

From the Christian Science Monitor:

A committee of the California State Senate passed a bill Tuesday that will curb the use of conflict minerals from Congo. The unanimous, bipartisan vote in the Governmental Organization Committee is an important first step to making California the first conflict-free state.

If it passes the full assembly, the bill would prohibit the state government from contracting with companies that fail to comply with federal regulations on conflict minerals.

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Posted by Patricia Kisare

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