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Saturday, March 17, 2018
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Related Headlines
Short-term DACA fix blocked in Senate for second time
Democrats sink first House vote on Trump-backed drug bill
GOP House passes school gun violence bill, one month after Florida school shooting
Senate passes bipartisan bill to roll back Dodd-Frank
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Congress Last Week
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Executive
Trump Fires Tillerson, Picks CIA Chief Pompeo to Succeed Him
Heritage: Mike Pompeo Is an Excellent Choice for Secretary of State
Iran-Deal Critics Praise Pompeo Nomination
Congressional Leaders Voice Mixed Reviews of Trump's National Security Shakeup
Trump's Choice for CIA Director Courts Respect, Controversy
Trump Considers Ousting His VA Secretary in Cabinet Shuffle
Shulkin shocker: Rick Perry in?
Trump's Pick to Lead CIA to Face Questions about Torture
Key senator wants documents on Trump CIA nominee's 'black site' record
Cabinet shakeups give Democrats a chance to block Trump picks
Expect More Trump on Nomination Fights, Short Says
Analysts Predict Tougher Stance on Iran, North Korea Under Pompeo
Foreign Policy
With Pompeo's Rise, Uncertainty Deepens for Iran Nuclear Deal
Change in Secretary of State Restarts US Diplomacy in Disputed South China Sea
Second Amendment
Parkland family members call on Congress to pass school safety bill
Trade
Mitch McConnell: We won't block Trump's tariffs
Federal Spending
Opponents Aim to Keep Internet Sales Tax Out of Omnibus Spending Bill
Future defense budgets could be a 'dry hole' after major funding increase, House appropriations chairman warns
Members Caught Off Guard on News of DACA Fix On Omnibus
Omnibus watch
Health Care Policy
Why Trump-backed 'right-to-try' bill failed
Congress
Meghan McCain 'cautiously optimistic' her father will return to the Senate in the summer
One-Tenth of Congress Lists Student Loan Liabilities
Rep. Elijah Cummings Resting at Home After Knee Operation, Rehab
Veteran New York Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter Dies
Jim McGovern Most Likely to Take Over for Slaughter on Rules Panel
Tim Scott is the most prominent African-American Republican in America
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Pending Activity
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Committee Activity
House Intel releases verdict in Russia probe: No collusion
Obama's 'lackluster' response to Russian election meddling called out in GOP report
Senate Intel Chairman Says He Expects to Back Haspel to Head CIA
CIA Nominee Likely to Face Scrutiny in Confirmation Hearing
House committee to consider slew of bills to counter opioid crisis
Five Cabinet Secretaries Face Senate Barrage
Admiral: US Has No 'Bloody Nose Strategy' for North Korea
Senate Panel Calls for Special Counsel to Investigate DOJ Handling of Dossier
Floor Outlook
Thune Clears Path for Long-Term Aviation Bill This Summer
Tillerson Termination Adds New Priorities to Senate Calendar
GOP will try again to approve experimental drug use after Tuesday's failure
Senate eyes vote next week on US military involvement in Yemen
House will not pass Senate bill easing bank rules as it stands: Hensarling
Democrats halt farm bill talks in the House
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Program for Monday: Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 1865, Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act.
At 5:30 p.m., Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination of Kevin K. McAleenan, of Hawaii, to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.
Following disposition of the nomination of Kevin K. McAleenan, Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 1865, Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act.
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Senate Committees
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Tuesday,
Mar. 20, 2018
Hearings to examine
United States Strategic Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request
for fiscal year 2019 and the Future Years Defense Program.
An oversight hearing to
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2019 for the Department
of Energy.
Hearings to examine the nomination
of John
L. Ryder, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the
Tennessee Valley Authority.
Hearings to examine the nominations
of
John J. Bartrum, of Indiana, to be an Assistant Secretary, and
Lynn A. Johnson, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary for Family Support, both of the Department of Health and Human Services.
John J. Bartrum, of Indiana, to be an Assistant Secretary, and
Lynn A. Johnson, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary for Family Support, both of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Hearings to examine the
need to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.
Business meeting to
consider
S.Res. 85, calling on the Government of Iran to fulfill repeated promises of assistance in the case of Robert Levinson, the longest held United States civilian in our Nation's history,
S.Res. 224, recognizing the 5th anniversary of the death of Oswaldo Paya Sardinas, and commemorating his legacy and commitment to democratic values and principles,
S.Res. 376, urging the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh to ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military,
S.Res. 426, supporting the goals of International Women's Day,
S.Res. 429, commemorating the 59th anniversary of Tibet's 1959 uprising as "Tibetan Rights Day", and expressing support for the human rights and religious freedom of the Tibetan people and the Tibetan Buddhist faith community,
S.Res. 432, congratulating the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania on the 100th anniversary of their declarations of independence,
H.R. 1660, to direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to submit to Congress a report on the development and use of global health innovations in the programs, projects, and activities of the Agency, extradition Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Kosovo (the "Treaty"), signed at Pristina on March 29, 2016 (Treaty Doc. 115-02), the Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Kiribati on the Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries, signed at Majuro on September 6, 2013, and the Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia on the Delimitation of a Maritime Boundary, signed at Koror on August 1, 2014 (Treaty Doc. 114-13), extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Serbia (the "Treaty"), signed at Belgrade on August 15, 2016 (Treaty Doc. 115-01), the United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade, done at New York on December 12, 2001, and signed by the United States on December 30, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 114-07), and the nominations of
Erik Bethel, of Florida, to be United States Alternate Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
Judy Lynn Shelton, of Virginia, to be United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
Kevin Edward Moley, of Arizona, to be an Assistant Secretary (International Organization Affairs),
Robert Frank Pence, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, and
Trevor D. Traina, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria, all of the Department of State, and
Josephine Olsen, of Maryland, to be Director of the Peace Corps.
S.Res. 85, calling on the Government of Iran to fulfill repeated promises of assistance in the case of Robert Levinson, the longest held United States civilian in our Nation's history,
S.Res. 224, recognizing the 5th anniversary of the death of Oswaldo Paya Sardinas, and commemorating his legacy and commitment to democratic values and principles,
S.Res. 376, urging the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh to ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military,
S.Res. 426, supporting the goals of International Women's Day,
S.Res. 429, commemorating the 59th anniversary of Tibet's 1959 uprising as "Tibetan Rights Day", and expressing support for the human rights and religious freedom of the Tibetan people and the Tibetan Buddhist faith community,
S.Res. 432, congratulating the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania on the 100th anniversary of their declarations of independence,
H.R. 1660, to direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to submit to Congress a report on the development and use of global health innovations in the programs, projects, and activities of the Agency, extradition Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Kosovo (the "Treaty"), signed at Pristina on March 29, 2016 (Treaty Doc. 115-02), the Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Kiribati on the Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries, signed at Majuro on September 6, 2013, and the Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia on the Delimitation of a Maritime Boundary, signed at Koror on August 1, 2014 (Treaty Doc. 114-13), extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Serbia (the "Treaty"), signed at Belgrade on August 15, 2016 (Treaty Doc. 115-01), the United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade, done at New York on December 12, 2001, and signed by the United States on December 30, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 114-07), and the nominations of
Erik Bethel, of Florida, to be United States Alternate Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
Judy Lynn Shelton, of Virginia, to be United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
Kevin Edward Moley, of Arizona, to be an Assistant Secretary (International Organization Affairs),
Robert Frank Pence, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, and
Trevor D. Traina, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria, all of the Department of State, and
Josephine Olsen, of Maryland, to be Director of the Peace Corps.
Hearings to examine
Marine Corps ground modernization in review of the Defense Authorization
Request for fiscal year 2019 and the Future Years Defense Program.
Hearings to examine an
update on National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and automaker efforts
to repair defective Takata air bag inflators.
To receive a closed
briefing regarding certain intelligence matters.
Wednesday,
Mar. 21, 2018
An oversight hearing to
examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Hearings to examine the nominations
of
Michael Y. Scudder, of Illinois, and
Amy J. St. Eve, of Illinois, both to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, and
Charles J. Williams, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa.
Michael Y. Scudder, of Illinois, and
Amy J. St. Eve, of Illinois, both to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, and
Charles J. Williams, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa.
Hearings to examine
election security.
Hearings to examine the
Economic Report of the President.
Hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2019 for veterans' programs
and fiscal year 2020 advance appropriations requests.
Hearings to examine
unleashing America's economic potential.
An oversight hearing to
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2019 for Indian
Programs.
Hearings to examine Navy
shipbuilding programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal
year 2019 and the Future Years Defense Program.
Hearings to examine
ballistic missile defense policies and programs in review of the Defense
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2019 and the Future Years Defense
Program.
Thursday,
Mar. 22, 2018
Hearings to examine the
challenges in the Department
of Energy's atomic energy defense programs in review of the Defense
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2019 and the Future Years Defense
Program.
An oversight hearing to
examine the Department
of Housing and Urban Development.
Hearings to examine
S. 2539, to amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize certain projects to increase Colorado River System water,
S. 2560, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to facilitate the transfer to non-Federal ownership of appropriate reclamation projects or facilities, and
S. 2563, to improve the water supply and drought resilience of the United States.
S. 2539, to amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize certain projects to increase Colorado River System water,
S. 2560, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to facilitate the transfer to non-Federal ownership of appropriate reclamation projects or facilities, and
S. 2563, to improve the water supply and drought resilience of the United States.
To receive a closed
briefing regarding certain intelligence matters.
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WEEK OF MARCH 19TH
MONDAY, MARCH 19TH
On Monday, the House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. Votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m.
Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules:
On Monday, the House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. Votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m.
Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules:
1) S.
2030 - Ceiling Fan Energy
Conservation Harmonization Act (Sponsored
by Sen. Thom Tillis / Energy and Commerce Committee)
2) H.R. 5074 - DHS Cyber Incident Response Teams Act of 2018, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Michael McCaul / Homeland Security Committee)
3) H.R. 4176 - Air Cargo Security Improvement Act of 2018, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Bennie Thompson / Homeland Security Committee)
4) H.R. 5099 - Enhancing DHS' Fusion Center Technical Assistance Program Act (Sponsored by Rep. Ron Estes / Homeland Security Committee)
5) H.R. 4227 - Vehicular Terrorism Prevention Act of 2018, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Bob Latta / Homeland Security Committee)
6) H.R. 5079 - DHS Field Engagement Accountability Act, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Don Bacon / Homeland Security Committee)
7) H.R. 5131 - Surface Transportation Security Improvement Act of 2018, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman / Homeland Security Committee)
8) H.R. 4467 - Strengthening Aviation Security Act of 2018, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Jody Hice / Homeland Security Committee)
9) H.R. 5089 - Strengthening Local Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2018, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Nanette Barragán / Homeland Security Committee)
10) H.R. 4851 - Kennedy-King National Commemorative Site Act, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. André Carson / Natural Resources Committee)
11) H.R. 835 - To update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument (Sponsored by Rep. Doug Lamborn / Natural Resources Committee)
2) H.R. 5074 - DHS Cyber Incident Response Teams Act of 2018, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Michael McCaul / Homeland Security Committee)
3) H.R. 4176 - Air Cargo Security Improvement Act of 2018, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Bennie Thompson / Homeland Security Committee)
4) H.R. 5099 - Enhancing DHS' Fusion Center Technical Assistance Program Act (Sponsored by Rep. Ron Estes / Homeland Security Committee)
5) H.R. 4227 - Vehicular Terrorism Prevention Act of 2018, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Bob Latta / Homeland Security Committee)
6) H.R. 5079 - DHS Field Engagement Accountability Act, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Don Bacon / Homeland Security Committee)
7) H.R. 5131 - Surface Transportation Security Improvement Act of 2018, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman / Homeland Security Committee)
8) H.R. 4467 - Strengthening Aviation Security Act of 2018, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Jody Hice / Homeland Security Committee)
9) H.R. 5089 - Strengthening Local Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2018, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Nanette Barragán / Homeland Security Committee)
10) H.R. 4851 - Kennedy-King National Commemorative Site Act, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. André Carson / Natural Resources Committee)
11) H.R. 835 - To update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument (Sponsored by Rep. Doug Lamborn / Natural Resources Committee)
TUESDAY, MACH 20TH
On Tuesday, the House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and 12:00 p.m. for legislative business.
H.R. 4566 - Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act, Rules Committee Print (Subject to a Rule) (Sponsored by Rep. Bruce Poliquin / Financial Services Committee)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21ST AND THE BALANCE OF THE WEEK
On Wednesday, the House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and 11:00 a.m. for legislative business.
On Thursday, the House will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. Last votes expected no later than 3:00 p.m.
On Friday, no votes are expected in the House.
Consideration of Legislation Making Further Appropriations for FY18
Possible Consideration of H.R. 5247 - Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018 (Subject to a Rule) (Sponsored by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick / Energy and Commerce Committee)
H.R. 4061 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017, Rules Committee Print (Closed Rule, One Hour of Debate) (Sponsored by Rep. Dennis Ross / Financial Services Committee)
On Tuesday, the House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and 12:00 p.m. for legislative business.
H.R. 4566 - Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act, Rules Committee Print (Subject to a Rule) (Sponsored by Rep. Bruce Poliquin / Financial Services Committee)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21ST AND THE BALANCE OF THE WEEK
On Wednesday, the House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and 11:00 a.m. for legislative business.
On Thursday, the House will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. Last votes expected no later than 3:00 p.m.
On Friday, no votes are expected in the House.
Consideration of Legislation Making Further Appropriations for FY18
Possible Consideration of H.R. 5247 - Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018 (Subject to a Rule) (Sponsored by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick / Energy and Commerce Committee)
H.R. 4061 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017, Rules Committee Print (Closed Rule, One Hour of Debate) (Sponsored by Rep. Dennis Ross / Financial Services Committee)
Text of Bills for the Week of March 19, 2018
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Monday, March 19, 2018
H.R. 4566 — Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act (Rules Committee Print 115-65 — Showing the text of H.R. 4566 as ordered reported by the Committee on Financial Services); H.R. 5247 — Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
FY 19 - Department of Commerce
FY19 - Department Housing and Urban Development
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled Preventing Abuses of Department of the Interior Taxpayer-Funded Grants." (Postponed)
The Drug Enforcement Administrations Role in Combating the Opioid Epidemic
FY19 - Department of Education
FY19 - Air Force
Assessing the Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request and Acquisition Reform Progress
FY19 - National Nuclear Security Administration
Expanding Affordable Health Care Options: Examining the Department of Labors Proposed Rule on Association Health Plans
Preventable Violence in America: An Examination of Law Enforcement Information Sharing and Misguided Public Policy
Fiscal Year 2019 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Budget
H.R. 888, H.R. 4335, H.R. 4910, and H.R. 4958
Impacts of the 2017 Wildfires in the United States
Submarine Industrial Base: Options for Construction
CDM: Government Perspectives on Security and Modernization
H.R. 1206; H.R. 3023; H.R. 3940; H.R. 4451; H.R. 4830; H.R. 4835; H.R. 5044; a draft bill entitled, VA Home Loan Improvement Act of 2018
Workforce Development: Advancing Apprenticeships for Small Business
Assessing the Effectiveness of the Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents
The Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a legislative hearing on the following bill: H.R. 5210 (Rep. Michael K. Simpson), To establish the National Park Restoration Fund, and for other purposes.
CDM: Government Perspectives on Security and Modernization.
Navy Readiness Posture
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Combating the Opioid Crisis: Prevention and Public Health Solutions
The FY 2019 Foreign Assistance Budget
State and Non-State Actor Influence Operations: Recommendations for U.S. National Security
Hearing on U.S. Trade Policy Agenda
H.R. ____, the American Leadership in Space Technology and Advanced Rocketry Act; H.R. ____, the Commercial Space Support Vehicle Act; H.R. 5086, the Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2018
Improper Payments in State-Administered Programs: Medicaid
POSTPONED: FY19 - Budget Oversight Hearing on Energy, Installations, and Environment
FY19 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Committee on Natural Resources has scheduled a markup beginning on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. The Committee will consider the following bills:
- H.R. 3997 (Rep. Keith J. Rothfus), To waive the application fee for any special use permit for veterans demonstrations and special events at war memorials on Federal land, and for other purposes. Free Veterans from Fees Act;
- H.R. 4257 (Rep. Chris Stewart), To maximize land management efficiencies, promote land conservation, generate education funding, and for other purposes. Advancing Conservation and Education Act;
- H.R. 5005 (Rep. Al Lawson, Jr.), To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the birthplace of James Weldon Johnson in Jacksonville, Florida, as a unit of the National Park System; and
- H.R. 5269 (Rep. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen), To require State or territorial approval of restriction by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce of recreational or commercial fishing access to certain State or territorial waters, respectively. State and Territorial Approval for Restriction of Fishing Act or the STAR Fishing Act.
Shared Employees
Empowering U.S. Veterans Through Technology
FY 19 - Department of Agriculture
U.S. Responses to China's Foreign Influence Operations
Implications of a U.S.-Saudi Arabia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement for the Middle East
Ground Force Modernization Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2019
Implementation of MACRAs Physician Payment Policies
The Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans will hold an oversight hearing on Examining the Proposed Fiscal Year 2019 Spending, Priorities and Missions of the Bureau of Reclamation and the Four Power Marketing Administrations.
Bureaucratic Challenges to Hurricane Recovery in Puerto Rico
FY 19 - Open World Leadership Trust Fund
Military Personnel Posture: FY 2019
Thursday,
March 22, 2018Empowering U.S. Veterans Through Technology
FY 19 - Department of Agriculture
U.S. Responses to China's Foreign Influence Operations
Implications of a U.S.-Saudi Arabia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement for the Middle East
Ground Force Modernization Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2019
Implementation of MACRAs Physician Payment Policies
The Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans will hold an oversight hearing on Examining the Proposed Fiscal Year 2019 Spending, Priorities and Missions of the Bureau of Reclamation and the Four Power Marketing Administrations.
Bureaucratic Challenges to Hurricane Recovery in Puerto Rico
FY 19 - Open World Leadership Trust Fund
Military Personnel Posture: FY 2019
Hearing with Commerce Secretary Ross
FY 19 - Applied Energy
Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request for Nuclear Forces and Atomic Energy Defense Activities
Full Committee Business Meeting: Adoption of the Committees Investigative Report into Russian Active Measures During the 2016 Presidential Election
Combating the Opioid Crisis: Prevention and Public Health Solutions
Legislative Hearing on Four Communications Bills 2018
Reviewing Department of Defense Strategy, Policy, and Programs for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) for Fiscal Year 2019
Friday, March 23, 2018
Partnering, Payment, and Provider Access: VA Community Care in North Carolina
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March 16, 2018
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Prayers and Presidents
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Prayers and Presidents:
Our Twelfth President: Zachary Taylor
(1849-1850)
[Each week, we will publish one prayer that was spoken by each of our presidents, in chronological order. Today's prayer was written by our seventh president, Martin van Buren.]
In response to the devastating plague of cholera that had spread across our nation, claiming more than 150,000 lives:
On July 3, 1849, President Zachary Taylor proclaimed a National Day of Fasting:
"At a season when the providence of God has manifested itself in the visitation of a fearful pestilence which is spreading itself throughout the land, it is fitting that a people whose reliance has ever been in His protection should humble themselves before His throne, and, while acknowledging past transgressions, ask a continuance of the Divine mercy.
It is therefore earnestly recommended that the first Friday in August be observed throughout the United States as a Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer . . .
It is recommended to persons of all religious denominations to abstain as far as practical from secular occupations and to assemble in their respective places of public worship, to acknowledge the Infinite Goodness which has watched over our existence as a nation, and so long crowned us with manifold blessings, and to implore the Almighty in His own good time to stay the destroying hand which is now lifted up against us."
(Source: America's God and Country, by William J. Federer)
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