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		<title>Worship resources on domestic violence for Peace Sunday, September 18</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2011/09/14/worship-resources-domestic-violence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;May our church be a safe place&#8230;&#8221; Worship resources for Peace Sunday, September 18, are online. The resources focus on domestic violence and include a church pledge, &#8220;Promoting peace at home,&#8221; as well as a bulletin insert.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=5902&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New MCC U.S. campaign launched</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2011/07/28/5677/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina Warner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do not fear, for I am with you. –Isaiah 41:10a &#8220;Fear not: Seek peace&#8221;, the new MCC U.S. campaign provides educational materials, worship and advocacy resources focused on domestic violence, gun violence and U.S. militarism. Waiting in exile God’s people were reassured, “Do not fear, for I am with you.” These words still resonate powerfully [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=5677&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Essay Contest Regional Winners Discuss Military Spending</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2011/03/18/essay-contest-regional-winners-discuss-military-spending/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2011/03/18/essay-contest-regional-winners-discuss-military-spending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janelle Tupper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regional winners of the MCC Washington Office 2011 Essay Contest are James Helmuth (Great Lakes) and Rebecca Hardy (East Coast). Helmuth’s essay, “Military Spending,” presents a strong case for our responsibility as people of faith to call for a reduction in U.S. Defense spending. Not only does the United States have the largest and most [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=4861&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Essay Contest Winner Speaks Up for Voiceless</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2011/02/25/essay-contest-winner-speaks-up-for-voiceless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janelle Tupper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karina Ortman is the winner of this year’s MCC Washington Office High School Essay Contest.  Her essay, “A Voice for Those Who Are Not Heard,” discusses immigration policy in the United States (read the entire essay below). Ortman’s essay deals with drivers of immigration and unjust U.S. policies that make our country unwelcoming to those [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=4859&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UK passes landmark law on vulture funds</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/04/13/uk-passes-landmark-law-on-vulture-funds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week a landmark bill to protect the world&#8217;s poorest countries from profiteering by vulture funds became law in the UK. The Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill is the world’s first law to restrict the ability of Vulture Funds to sue some of the world’s poorest countries for full repayment of debts that they have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=3404&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Abundant Life: Economic Justice for All</media:title>
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		<title>The &#8220;Killing Fields&#8221; of Juarez</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/04/05/the-killing-fields-of-juarez/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/04/05/the-killing-fields-of-juarez/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theo Sitther</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 1, 2010 NPR aired an interview with Charles Bowden, a journalist, who has written a book (Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy&#8217;s New Killing Fields) about the violence in Cuidad Juarez, a Mexican city riddled with drug related killings. Bowden criticizes U.S. policy toward Mexico and calls for the re-examination of the North [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=3367&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Support the TRADE Act</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/03/26/support-the-trade-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theo Sitther</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act provides a framework for re-evaluating and re-shaping U.S. trade policy so that it serves the common good by providing stable jobs, environmental protections, public health and poverty reduction. The bill sets standards for what must and must not be included in future trade agreements, and requires [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=3349&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Passes Final Health Reform Bill</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/03/26/congress-passes-final-health-reform-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/03/26/congress-passes-final-health-reform-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammy Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Change is never easy, but it’s always possible&#8221; The final votes in the long, arduous health care debate came on Thursday. The Senate passed the bill of “fixes” to their health care reform package in the afternoon. Then, because two small changes were made to the legislation, it went back to the House where it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=3340&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform: Final Votes Could Come Today</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/03/25/health-care-reform-final-votes-could-come-today/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/03/25/health-care-reform-final-votes-could-come-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammy Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early this morning, the Senate parliamentarian upheld two Republican “points of order” on provisions of the bill relating to student loans.  Because this will change the bill, it will now need to go back to the House for approval of these changes. The Senate resumes this morning, with additional amendments and points of order objections [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=3335&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Health Bill Signed Into Law</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/03/24/senate-health-bill-signed-into-law/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/03/24/senate-health-bill-signed-into-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammy Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Action Alert: Pray and Act for Health Care Reform * Yesterday, President Obama signed the Senate health care bill, HR 3590, into law (watch on C-Span). At the same time, the Senate began its debate on a reconciliation package of “fixes,” HR 4872, which was passed by the House along with the Senate bill [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=3315&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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