Legislative Branch Prayer Needs

Thursday, March 1st, 2012

PRAY FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS

Senator Olympia Snowe (Maine) has announced that she will not run again, citing the excessive partisanship within Congress that she does not expect will change over the short term. She has been moderate and a centrist in the Senate.

With an increasingly partisan mentality permeating the Senate, an amendment targeting a 2005 earmark for Senator Harry Reid (Nevada) could pose problems for the transportation legislation now pending.

Pray about the excessive partisanship in both the Senate and House of Representatives gridlocking their work.

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Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

PRAY FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS

Senator John McCain (Arizona) has called for the U.S. to take “practical measures” in support of rebel factions in Syria, but being careful not to become embroiled in a civil war there.

Senators Richard Burr (North Carolina) and Tom Coburn (Oklahoma) are pushing for Medicare reductions of between $300 billion and $1 trillion over the next decade and increasing the Medicare age to 67 for people over 53.

Pray for our Senators and Representatives as they wrestle with foreign and domestic issues and finances.

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Thursday, February 16th, 2012

PRAY FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS

Representative Darrell Issa is escalating his threat to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over Fast and Furious because the Justice Department has not produced sufficient subpoenaed documents on time.

Representative Michele Bachmann said cutting the payroll tax without paying for it means going to the general treasury where “only moths and feathers fly out. There’s nothing in there – we’re broke.”

Pray about the bipartisan divide in Congress and that something can still get done in an election year.

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Thursday, February 9th, 2012

PRAY FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS

The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed legislation that would reverse President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline. The measure was introduced by Nebraska Representative Lee Terry.

Some Senators are grumbling over how Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nevada) has run the floor this year, frustrating particularly junior lawmakers who want more of a role in legislative decision making.

Pray for the members of Congress, particularly the Senators who are traveling to Egypt this week.

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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

PRAY FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS

Lawmakers from both parties are signaling they will do everything in their power to stop the Obama Administration from launching another round of military base closures across the U.S. as part of Pentagon cost-cutting measures.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are moving closer to a vote that would make English the official language of the United States. The bill would also establish English as a requirement for naturalization.

Pray about the things that make and keep America strong – our military, our melting-pot culture, our system of laws.

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Thursday, January 26th, 2012

PRAY FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS

Senate leaders said Wednesday they were changing President Obama’s jobs package to add a 5.6 percent tax on income above $1 million, which Senator Harry Reid said would be brought up for a vote next week.

Illinois Senator Mark Kirk is expected to recover cognitive functions but could have some physical impairment following a weekend stroke, according to the neurosurgeon who operated on Kirk Monday.

Pray for the recovery and rehabilitation of Senator Kirk, and ongoing rehabilitation for Gabrielle Giffords.

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Thursday, January 19th, 2012

PRAY FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS

The aviation industry is hopeful that lawmakers will act quickly to prevent another shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration at the end of January, although it is unlikely that Congress will reach a long-term bill.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nevada) vowed to move forward with the controversial online piracy bill despite White House concerns and actions of industry groups like Yahoo, Google and Wikipedia.

Pray for both House and Senate members as they return to negotiating the nation’s legislative business.

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Thursday, January 12th, 2012

PRAY FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS

Representative Diane Black (Tennessee) and 71 other House members introduced a nonbinding resolution voicing concern over President Obama’s recess appointments of four administration nominees last week.

Senator Mark Kirk (Illinois), one of the chief authors of the amendment imposing stiff sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran, said the country’s talk of closing the Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers is self-defeating and an empty threat.

Pray that Congress in this new term will attend more to the nation’s business and less to political rhetoric.

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Thursday, January 5th, 2012

PRAY FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL LEDERS

Senator Mitch McConnell (Kentucky) said the President has arrogantly circumvented the Senate in his recess-appointment suggesting his move “fundamentally endangers” the check on “excesses of the executive branch.”

Representative Gabrielle Giffords (Arizona) will participate in a public commemoration of the shooting event one year ago. Bells will ring across Tucson, numerous church services will be held, with a candlelight vigil in the evening.

Pray about the angry rhetoric that is forecast to occur this year among Congressional members and the President.

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Thursday, December 29th, 2011

PRAY FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS

Representative Chris Van Hollen (Maryland) said the idea to drug-test those seeking unemployment insurance is “insulting” to out-of-work Americans and does nothing to address why people are struggling to find jobs.

House Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) has appointed eight members to serve on a conference committee on the payroll tax-cut extension, but Senator Dick Durbin (Illinois) says there is little chance the Senate will do the same.

Pray that in 2012 the Congress will do less partisan bickering and find ways to cooperate to benefit Americans.

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