budget cuts
Playing chicken over debt and spending bills
By Thomas Reese — May 23, 2023
(RNS) — Would that Congress could look seriously at government programs to make them better and more efficient rather than grandstanding for the media and their partisan base.
Fighting inflation with one hand tied behind your back
By Thomas Reese — May 9, 2023
(RNS) — Congress must act decisively to rationalize the budgetary process.
Southern Baptist publishing arm, LifeWay, announces cuts due to COVID-19
By Yonat Shimron — April 29, 2020
(RNS) — The move comes after five consecutive weeks of steep revenue decline in the wake of the coronavirus and the expectation that sales may not rebound anytime soon.
Black clergy call for churches to foster healing in the aftermath of Charlottesville
By Adelle M. Banks — August 18, 2017
(RNS) — 'Our youth and young adults especially need a place to process this assault on their being and the very soul of this nation,' they said.
At US Capitol, Christians protest budget cuts
By Lauren Markoe — March 29, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) Wearing sackcloth and ashes, the group pitched a wooden cross on the grass and prayed for the nation's vulnerable.
Religious leaders urge Congress to protect foreign aid
By Adelle M. Banks — March 16, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) President Trump’s 2018 budget calls for $25.6 billion in funding for the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, a 28 percent decrease from the 2017 budget.
Catholic nuns’ bus tour concludes in nation’s capital
By Chris Lisee — July 2, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) A group of Catholic nuns ended its nine-state bus tour here Monday (July 2), speaking out against a Republican federal budget proposal they say favors wealthy Americans at the expense of poor families. By Chris Lisee.
Catholic bishops say Ryan budget fails moral test
By David Gibson — April 17, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) A week after Republican congressman Paul Ryan claimed his Catholic faith inspired the cost-cutting budget plan passed by the House, the nation’s Catholic bishops reiterated their demands that the budget protect the poor and said the GOP measure "fails to meet these moral criteria." By David Gibson.
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