Contents tagged with House
Filed in: Iran | by Nathanael Bennett | 9:52 AM Feb. 14, 2013
Congress Makes Strong Bipartisan Call for Pastor Saeed’s Release
As Pastor Saeed’s story continues to sweep the globe, and as we at the ACLJ prepare to take his case to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the U.S. Congress has again spoken out forcefully in support of Saeed’s immediate release. This morning, 84 Members of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives announced a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State John Kerry urging him to “exhaust every possible option to secure Mr. Abedini’s immediate release.” The... Continue Reading
Filed in: Iran | by Jordan Sekulow | 10:20 AM Jan. 17, 2013
49 Members of House and Senate Urge State Department Action on Saeed’s Behalf
37 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 12 U.S. Senators sent letters to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on behalf of Pastor Saeed Abedini, an American citizen imprisoned in Iran for his Christian faith. We are grateful to these 49 Members of Congress who are willing to take a stand, with thousands of other Americans, in calling for Pastor Saeed’s release from “wrongful” imprisonment in Iran. The bipartisan House letter, led by Representative Robert Aderholt (A... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Jay Sekulow | 3:18 PM Jul. 11, 2012
House Votes to Repeal ObamaCare; Focus Turns To Senate
We did it. I wanted 100,000 Americans to stand with us in urging the U.S. House of Representatives to vote to repeal ObamaCare. And, just minutes before the House voted to repeal the health care law, we topped that 100,000 mark. I want to thank each and every one of you who signed our petition online and added your name over the phone. The vote to repeal was 244-185, with five Democrats joining with Republicans to repeal what can only be described as a government-run law that creates a damaging... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Jay Sekulow | 1:59 PM Jul. 2, 2012
ObamaCare Focus Turns to Congress and Repeal Vote
The fight to challenge ObamaCare is over at the Supreme Court. Now, the focal point is Congress - and specifically the U.S. House of Representatives. House Speaker John Boehner put it bluntly: "This has to be ripped out by its roots. This is government taking over the entire health industry. The American people do not want to go down this path. It has to be ripped out and we need to start over one step at a time." A growing number of Americans understand that the Supreme Court got this one wro... Continue Reading
Filed in: US Constitution | by Jay Sekulow | 1:46 PM Jun. 28, 2012
AG Contempt Vote: Congressional Stonewalling has Consequences
The contempt vote in the House against the Attorney General Holder underscores the serious nature of his refusal to cooperate with subpoenas issued to get to the bottom of Fast and Furious. The vote sends a powerful message - there are consequences to stonewalling and to providing false and misleading information to Congress. And it clears the way for this issue to be addressed in the courts. The fact is the Department of Justice provided the Congressional committee with a letter that was incor... Continue Reading
Filed in: Planned Parenthood | by Jay Sekulow | 3:35 PM May. 31, 2012
President Obama: The Abortion President
It didn't take long. Just hours after Planned Parenthood endorsed President Obama and launched an attack ad campaign against GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, the White House stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Planned Parenthood and voiced its opposition to legislation in the House - legislation that would have banned sex-selection abortions in the United States. As we now know, this life-saving measure failed to clear the House today. Planned Parenthood vigorously opposed the ban and as we ha... Continue Reading
Filed in: Free Speech | by Jay Sekulow | 4:31 PM Apr. 17, 2012
More Congressional Pressure Facing IRS over Tea Party Questions
Congressional concern continues to grow over tactics used by the IRS to target Tea Party groups across the country - tactics that can only be described as an effort to intimidate and silence these organizations in this election year. We first reported on this last month, after it came to our attention that the IRS information and demands sent to local Tea Party groups around the country included probing questions that violate the free speech and freedom of association rights guaranteed by the F... Continue Reading
Filed in: Iran | by Jordan Sekulow | 12:31 PM Mar. 1, 2012
Congress Unanimously Supports Pastor Youcef
The U.S. House of Representatives joined many other governmental bodies internationally in calling for the immediate release of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani. The House of Representatives unanimously passed H.Res. 556, “Condemning the Government of Iran for its continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of Youcef Nadarkhani on the charge of apostasy.” This bi-partisan resolution, spearheaded by Representatives Joe Pitts (R-PA), an evangelical Christian conservative, and Keith E... Continue Reading
