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- 41 Orgs. Call for Transparent Defense Authorization Process
- Afghanistan
  - "You Do Make A Difference"--FCNL's Young Adult Lobbyists
  - 14 Members of Congress Urge Obama to Reconsider Troop Escalation
  - 17 National Organizations Urge Congress to Reconsider Escalation of War in Afghanistan
  - 2013 Military Authorization: Amendments to Watch
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  - 9/11/2001: FCNL Letter to President Bush
  - A New Framework for U.S.-Afghan Relations
  - Advocacy Community Tells Obama To End War in Afghanistan
  - Afghan Women Security and Freedom Act of 2004
  - Afghanistan + More Troops = Catastrophe: A New Documentary
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  - Call Today: Your Representative Needed for Afghanistan Exit Strategy!
  - Call to End the War in Afghanistan
  - Calls for a New Approach in Afghanistan: Links and Quotes from Leaders
  - Congressional Sign-on Letter encouraging Afghanistan-Pakistan Study Group
  - Creating the Architecture for a New U.S. Foreign Policy
  - Diane Randall and Rep. Barbara Lee Reflect
  - Does the U.S. Public Support the Afghanistan War?
  - Drones Researchers Uncover Serious Problems
  - Ending the War in Afghanistan
  - FCNL Joins 12 Groups to Oppose New Iran Sanctions
  - FCNL Joins Coalition Urging Congress to Support Funding for Afghan Women & Girls
  - FCNL Joins Coalition to Ask Progressive Caucus to Vote Against War Funding
  - FCNL Letter to Obama to Oppose Afghanistan Escalation
  - FCNL Letter with 14 Co-Signatories Urges Obama to Support Afghan Reconciliation Talks including the Taliban
  - FCNL Tells Congress: Vote No More Money for War & Fully Fund Aid
  - FCNL and 22 Organizations Urge Senate to Move Toward Peace
  - FCNL and 26 Other Groups Urge Senate Cosponsorship of S. 186
  - FCNL and 29 Organizations Call on House to Support Afghanistan Policy Shift
  - FCNL to Obama: No More Troops to Afghanistan! Invest in Diplomacy & Development
  - FCNL's Afghanistan Strategy
  - Faith‐Based Organizations Question Lethal Use of Drones
  - Foreign Policy
  - General McChrystal Notes Iranian Role in Afghanistan
  - Highlights of Secretary Clinton's Testimony on Afghanistan-Pakistan Before House Foreign Affairs Committee & Subcommittee on Foreign Ops
  - House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey Statement on Afghanistan
  - House Letter Supports Accelerated Afghanistan Withdrawal
  - House Letter to Obama: Urging Accelerated End to War in Afghanistan
  - House Letter to Obama: We Want Out of Afghanistan
  - House Supplemental Bans Permanent Bases and Requires Withdrawal Reports
  - Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Sends Drone Letter to President Obama
  - Letter to House Ways and Means Committee on Climate Change Bill
  - Letter to Obama and Congress: Do Not Send More Troops to Afghanistan
  - Matt Southworth on PRI's The World
  - Military Authorization Bill: Mostly Ugly
  - More on Afghanistan
  - Obama budget lacks detail on BRAC, Afghanistan war
  - Opposing Perpetual War: FCNL Letter to House Armed Services Committee
  - Past Votes on Afghanistan War Funding and Strategy
  - Press Conference: Experts Speak on War in Afghanistan
  - Questions Surfacing on Drones
  - Religious Freedom Peace Tax Bill - 2009
  - Representatives Oppose War Funding and Urge U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan, Pakistan
  - So Many Bills, So Little Time: Looking at Congress's Fall Agenda
  - Stillwater Friends Meeting on Bradley Manning
  - Successes
  - Take Action: Is Perpetual War on the Horizon?
  - Taliban Leadership Struggles While AfPak Tensions Rise
  - Ten Years In Afghanistan
  - Ten Years Later: Talking Points and By the Numbers
  - Test Your Knowledge on Afghanistan
  - Troop Talks While Pakistan Votes
  - Turning Circles in Afghanistan
  - Twenty-four Senators Call to End U.S. Combat Operations in Afghanistan
  - U.S. Political leaders increasingly vocal on Afghanistan
  - U.S. Public Against the War
  - UPDATED: FY 2012 Military Authorization: Amendments to Watch
  - War Funding, Future Troop Levels Coming Into Focus
  - We Urge Declassification of Afghanistan Report
  - What Can We Expect from Congress This Fall?
  - What to Expect in 2012 from FCNL: Afghanistan-Pakistan
  - What's New on Afghanistan
  - Why Lobby Now to End the War?
  - Will Your Senator Vote for Withdrawal?
  - Windows and Mirrors Exhibit
- Conventional Weapons
  - 36 Groups to President Obama: Help Prevent Arms for Atrocities
  - After Aurora, Ban Assault Weapons Now
  - Close the Gun Show Loophole
  - Congress Permanently Bans Cluster Bomb Exports
  - Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence - Jan 15 letter to Congress & White House
  - Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence: A Letter to Congress
  - Fatally Flawed: Cluster Bombs and Their Use by the United States in Afghanistan
  - Influencing the Debate in the Obama Administration
  - Letter to President Obama from Senator Feinstein and others on banning cluster bombs
  - Letter to President Obama: Please Support a Robust, Effective Arms Trade Treaty
  - Mass Killings: No Place in Civil Society
  - Petitions Delivered to Key Pentagon Policymakers
  - Valentine’s Day Comes Early
- Criminal Justice
  - By the Numbers: Visual Representations of Incarceration Rates
  - FCNL Urges Congress to Create National Criminal Justice Commission
  - Let the International Committee of the Red Cross Protect US-held Detainees
  - Letter to the House about Detainee Provisions in 'National Defense Authorization Act'
  - Mass Incarceration
  - Military Detainees or Civilian Detainees?
  - Notes and References for Criminal Justice Newsletter
  - Quakers Know Prisons from the Inside Out
  - Reauthorize the Second Chance Act
  - Support the National Criminal Justice Commission Act
- Discrimination
  - Anti-Muslim Ads on DC Metro
  - FCNL Endorses American Muslims FAQ
  - FCNL and Faith Organizations Support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
  - Japanese Latin American Internees Review Commission
  - Letter in Support of the Democracy Restoration Act - Restoring Voter Rights
  - Letter to President Obama: Please Support Non-Discriminatory Practices on Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender
  - Letter to the President: End Violence Against Women
  - Racial Profiling Fact Sheet (Department of Justice)
  - Repeal the Defense of Marriage Act: Letter to Congress
  - Support the Student Non-Discrimination Act
  - Support the Student Non-Discrimination Act (2011)
  - The Defense of Marriage Act and Immigration: Letter to Department of Homeland Security
  - The Defense of Marriage Act and Immigration: Letter to the Executive Office of Immigration Review
  - The Defense of Marriage Act and Immigration: Letter to the Office of Immigration Litigation
- Drones
  - Drones Researchers Uncover Serious Problems
  - Faith Groups Denounce Obama's Drones Program
  - Faith‐Based Organizations Question Lethal Use of Drones
  - Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Sends Drone Letter to President Obama
  - Questions Surfacing on Drones
  - Understanding Drones
  - We Need More Transparency Around Drone Strikes
- Energy and Environment
  - $200 million for Multilateral Assistance, International Financial Institutions
  - 337 Organizations Support Clean Air Act
  - A House Resolution To Make Climate Change a 2012 Election Issue
  - A Little Light for Climate Legislation
  - A Sustainable Future: Steps Congress Can Take in 2013
  - AARP supports Cantwell-Collins CLEAR Act
  - American Lung Association Supports the Clean Air Act
  - Appreciating EPA and the Clean Air Act
  - Archive of Action Opportunities
  - Archive of Congressional Action
  - Archive of FCNL Statements
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  - Archive of Publications
  - Archive of Quaker Statements
  - Background Archive
  - Bear Creek Monthly Meeting Minute on Climate Change
  - Boxer-Sanders Bill: A Solid First Step
  - Britain Yearly Meeting Minute on Climate Change
  - CRS: Summary & Analysis of Waxman-Markey, HR 2454
  - Can You Afford To Fund Big Oil?
  - Cantwell-Collins Climate Bill Text (CLEAR Act, S.2877)
  - Clean Energy in State of the Union
  - Climate Bill Summaries
  - Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Communities of Color and Tribal Nations
  - Climate Equity Alliance defends Clean Air Act
  - Climate Offsets Fact Sheet
  - Climate Reality Check coalition criticizes Kerry-Lieberman bill
  - Concerns Over Hydraulic Fracturing
  - Congress decreased EPA funding
  - Cuts to energy innovation in the name of jobs and growth
  - Cutting Subsidies to Big Oil
  - Defend Clean Air Act Protections - and how they will help us curb global warming
  - Don’t Limit EPA’s Authority to Reduce Carbon Pollution
  - E-News: Failing Afghanistan
  - EPA Success!
  - EPW Senators Defend EPA's Endangerment Finding
  - Egypt and Wind Turbines
  - End Subsidies For Oil and Gas Companies
  - Energy Archive
  - Energy and Environment Call
  - Environmental Entrepreneurs Support EPA
  - FCNL Coalition Letter Urging Senate to Limit Offsets in Climate Bill
  - FCNL Green Building Quiz
  - FCNL Green Building Quiz - Answers
  - FCNL Letter Opposing HR 910
  - FCNL Letter to Rep. Waxman Requesting Funding for Weatherization Assistance Program
  - FCNL Letter to Sen. Dorgan Requesting Funding for Weatherization Assistance Program
  - FCNL Myth Busters tackle Climate Bill Approved by the House
  - FCNL Opposes American Clean Energy and Security Act
  - FCNL and Coalition of 300 Organizations Urge Senate to Pass Strong Climate Bill
  - FCNL letter to House opposing the Inhofe/Upton Bill
  - FCNL letter to Senate urging climate bill start with CLEAR Act
  - Faith Groups Speak Out on the Environment
  - Faith Groups to Presidential Candidates: Enough Silence
  - Faith Letter Supporting the Clean Air Act
  - Faith letter in support of the CLEAR Act
  - Five Things the CLEAR Act Does Right
  - Fresh Air!
  - GAO: Analysis of "Offsets" in Climate Legislation
  - GCI World Bank Senate Letter 7-19-2011
  - GCI World Bank letter to House
  - Global Warming Heats Up Global Conflict
  - Global Warming Quiz
  - Glossary of Climate Change Terms
  - Green Hill Email List
  - Green Hill Update: From Protests to Policy Change
  - HR 910 will undermine fuel efficiency
  - Health Groups Support EPA
  - House Briefing on Climate Change
  - House Resolution Fact Sheet
  - House-passed Waxman-Markey climate bill, HR 2454
  - How to Improve Current Climate Legislation
  - In Defense of the Clean Air Act and EPA
  - Increase Transit in the Economic Recovery Package
  - Industry OK with EPA Regulations
  - Interview: Rep. Jim Moran on Climate Change
  - It's Time to Govern: Solutions for the Climate Crisis
  - Keep Toxins Out of the Air We Breathe!
  - Kerry-Boxer Climate Bill Analysis
  - Latino Groups Support EPA
  - Letter to Chairman Rangel - Help Improve Climate Legislation
  - Letter to Congressional Progressive Caucus on Climate Change Bill
  - Letter to House Ways and Means Committee on Climate Change Bill
  - Letter to President Obama regarding the nuclear accident in Japan
  - Letter to Sen. Reid No Dirty Energy in a Clean Energy Standard
  - Looking To The Future
  - Military Leaders: Climate Change is a Threat to National Security
  - Minute on Nuclear Energy
  - More on Energy
  - NGO Letter Opposing Sen. Murkowski's (AK) EPA Amendment
  - NGOs Support Sen. Menendez CAA Letter
  - Nuclear Power: Still Dangerous
  - Of water and Oil
  - Offsets in ACES - Scenario using 2 billion - no reductions until 2029
  - Offsets in Climate Legislation - Letter to Chairman Waxman Expressing Concern
  - Please oppose HR 910
  - Please protect the EPA
  - Praise for CLEAR
  - Protecting the EPA
  - Quaker Earthcare Witness on the Keystone XL Pipeline
  - Redefining Quaker Simplicity: The FCNL Building
  - Reduce Carbon Emissions - Printable Flyer
  - References for Towards a Low-Carbon Future: A Renewable Electricity Standard
  - Rekindling Action on Climate Change
  - Rekindling Congressional Action on Climate Change
  - Rekindling the Moral Call to Action on Climate Change
  - Religious Groups Defend Clean Air Act Protections for Greenhouse Gases
  - Resources Archive
  - Resources: The Environmental Protection Agency
  - Save the Date: Pray-In at the White House, 15 Jan
  - Schedule of Interfaith Actions on Earth Week
  - Sen. Graham Backing Out of Bill Intoduction
  - Sen. Menendez CAA Letter
  - Senate Resolution in Support of the Clean Air Act
  - Senate Votes to End Ethanol Tax Credit by July 1st
  - Senators Cantwell and Collins Introduce Worthy Bipartisan Climate Bill - FCNL Endorses
  - Senators Seek Compromise on Ethanol Subsidies
  - Seven Ways Cantwell-Collins Gets it Right
  - Sign-on to letter opposing the House Surface Transportation Extension
  - So Many Bills, So Little Time: Looking at Congress's Fall Agenda
  - State and National groups letter in support of CLEAR Act
  - Statement on Cantwell-Collins Climate Bill Introduction
  - Strawberry Creek Friends Meeting Minute on the Urgent Need for National Climate Change Legislation
  - Successes
  - Support a Renewable Electricity Standard
  - Take Action: Are We Serious About the Budget?
  - Take Action: Don't Gut the EPA
  - Take Action: Don’t Cut EPA’s budget
  - Take Action: Republicans and Democrats Agree
  - Take this Quiz: What's the Link between Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change
  - The CLEAR Act
  - The Consequences of the Inhofe/Upton Bill
  - The Cost of Oil Subsidies
  - The Elephant in the Room: Climate Change and Election 2012
  - The Keystone XL Pipeline: A Dismaying (but not Final) Setback
  - The Push for a Climate Summit Continues
  - The Tipping Point? CO2 Levels Pass 400 PPM
  - There's Plenty of Money!
  - Towards a Low-Carbon Future: A Renewable Electricity Standard
  - Transportation Bill Will Not Be Held Hostage To Keystone XL
  - UAW supports the EPA
  - USAID Climate Change and Development Strategy
  - WISC letter supporting the Mercury Rule
  - What Can We Expect from Congress This Fall?
  - What We Won by Defending EPA
  - What's New on Energy and the Environment
  - What's Up with the Carbon Tax?
  - Why FCNL Lobbies to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies
  - Widespread Support for EPA
  - Yahara Friends Meeting Minute on Climate Change
  - Your Lobbying Works: Shaheen-Portman Introduced!
- FCNL Thanks Senator Lugar for Strong Statements on Libya
- Federal Budget
  - "Why is FCNL supporting the House and Senate health care reform bills instead of a single payer plan?"
  - 14 Faith Groups Oppose Delay of Defense Sequester
  - 16 Faith Groups Call for Cuts to Pentagon
  - 20 Faith Groups Urge Pentagon Reductions
  - 2011 Year End Jobless Statement
  - 2012 April Jobless Statement
  - 2012 August Jobless Statement
  - 2012 February Jobless Statement
  - 2012 January Jobless Statement
  - 2012 July Jobless Statement
  - 2012 June Jobless Statement
  - 2012 March Jobless Statement
  - 2012 May Jobless Statement
  - 2012 November Jobless Statement
  - 2012 October Jobless Statement
  - 2012 September Jobless Statement
  - 2012 Year End Jobless Statement
  - 22 Faith Organizations Support Cuts to the Military Budget
  - A Faith Reflection on the 2014 Federal Budget
  - A Faith Reflection on the Federal Budget
  - A Lobby Visit on Federal Budget Priorities
  - A “New Deal” for Military Contractors?
  - Action Week Day 4: A Question to Ask Your Friends
  - Alaska Friends Conference Minute on Reductions in Military Spending
  - Alaskan Friends Use Bean Poll
  - Anti-Poverty Programs Protected Millions in 2011
  - Appropriators: Please Fully Fund Transportation and Housing in 2014
  - April 2013 Jobless Statement
  - Become a Budget Guru
  - Bloomington Monthly Meeting Minute on a Fair Budget
  - Budget Control Act 2011 Spending Cap Letter to Congress
  - Budget Letters & Statements
  - Budget Out of Balance: Are Spending Caps the Way to Go?
  - Budget Quiz Answers and Explanations
  - Budget Update: November and December, 2011
  - Budget Updates
  - Budget Updates: August, 2011
  - Budget Updates: January 2012
  - Budget Updates: July 2011
  - Budget: Who the House Plan Hurts
  - Building the Movement to Reduce Pentagon Spending
  - Calling All Budget Advocates!
  - Catastrophic Pentagon Cuts? Not Really.
  - Checkbook Checklist
  - Checking In Email List
  - Chuck Hagel on Pentagon Budget Cuts
  - Clear Creek Meeting's Statement on the Budget
  - Comments on House Health Care Reform Discussion Draft
  - Comparison of 2008 State Domestic Products to the Value of Military Contracts in the State
  - Comparison of FY 2011 and FY 2012 military spending
  - Congress - Please Support SNAP in 2014 Farm Bill
  - Congress Continues the Story with a Continuing Resolution
  - Congress: Support Job Training
  - Congress: The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) should Work for the People
  - Conservatives, Progressives Unite on Call for Congress to Find Savings at the Pentagon
  - Continue Tax Credits for Working Families: Letter to Congress
  - Copy of 2012 September Jobless Statement
  - Cosponsor the Responsible Estate Tax Act: Letter to the Senate
  - Cut the Pentagon: Put Your Action on the Map
  - Cut the Pentagon: What Will You Write to Your Senator?
  - Dear Congress: Deficit Reduction Should Not Increase Poverty or Inequality
  - Dear Congress: Extend Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program
  - Debt Reduction Deal
  - Debts, Deficits, and Defense: A Way Forward
  - December Jobless Statement
  - Decoding the Budget Debate
  - Don't Cause Harm to Low-Income Americans: Letter to the Deficit Commission
  - Establish a Robust Estate Tax in the Lame Duck Session
  - Eugene Friends Meeting Minute on the Budget
  - FCNL Budget Analysis
  - FCNL Executive Committee Minute and Call to Action
  - FCNL's Letter to the Super Committee on Deficit and Debt Reduction
  - Fact Sheets
  - Faith Community Fair Minimum Wage Act Letter
  - Faith Community Supports Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013
  - Faith Reflection on Anti-Poverty Tax Policy
  - Faithful Alternatives to the Sequester
  - February 2013 Jobless Statement
  - Federal Budget
  - Federal Budget Archive
  - Federal Budget Glossary
  - Five Things the Media Won't Tell You About the Budget
  - Follow up Letter from National Organizations Opposing The Balanced Budget Amendment
  - Forty-Nine Million Dollars
  - Framework for Defense Transition Assistance
  - Frank-Paul Dear Colleague Letter on Military Spending
  - Frank-Paul Letter to the Deficit Commission
  - Governors: Reject Private Prisons
  - Grand Rapids Organizers Use Bean Poll
  - Health Care
  - Health Care Reform in the 111th Congress: How do Current Proposals Measure Up?
  - Holiday Conversation Guide: Military Spending
  - House Brings Harsh Vision Into Focus
  - House Frames the Issues: Even More Guns, Even Less Butter
  - House Military Authorization Bill Requires Unprecedented Oversight for Withdrawal from Iraq and Recognition of U.S.-Iraq accord
  - How Does Federal Spending Benefit Your State?
  - Illinois Yearly Meeting Minute on the Peaceful Prevention of Deadly Conflict
  - Images to Share
  - Interfaith Disability Advocacy Coalition Letter to Congress
  - Interfaith Statement of Principles: Protecting Medicaid and Medicare
  - Iowans Explain: What is "Real Security"
  - January 2013 Jobless Statement
  - Jobs Act Letter to Congress
  - Join the Week of Action
  - Keep the Vulnerable in Mind: Letter to Congress
  - Key Resources on Rebalancing Our Nation's Checkbook
  - Let's Talk About Choices - And Pie
  - Letter from National Organizations Opposing The Balanced Budget Amendment
  - Letter of support for Home Care Workers
  - Letter on Increasing the 302(b) Allocation to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
  - Letter on Pentagon Spending to Joint Select Committee Members
  - Letter on the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2011
  - Letter to Congress to Reduce Corporate Tax Subsidies
  - Letter to House Appropriations re Prison Spending in FY13 CR
  - Letter to Senate Appropriations re Prison Spending in FY13 CR
  - Letter to the Editor: Cuts-only Doesn't Cut It
  - Letter to the Editor: Cutting the Military Budget (NYT)
  - Letter to the Editor: Pentagon Spending Must Be Cut
  - Letter to the Editor: Pentagon Spending Runs Out of Control
  - Letter to the Editor: U.S. Budget Need to be Re-aligned with Eye Towards Military Cuts
  - Letter to the President on Employment Discrimination
  - Letter to the Senate Regarding Appropriations Increasing Funds for Federal Prisons
  - Links to Colleague Organizations
  - Lobby on Pentagon Cuts
  - March 2013 Jobless Statement
  - Meet with Your Members of Congress When They're Home
  - Memorial Day Week of Action Index
  - Michigan Forum on Jobs and Human Needs: March 5, 2011
  - Michigan Says Cut the Pentagon
  - Military Spending: Charting the Future
  - Milwaukee Friends Minute on the Budget
  - Minneapolis Friends Meeting Minute to Reduce Pentagon Spending
  - Missing: $102 Billion
  - Monday: Help Veterans, Cut the Pentagon
  - Moral Choices Should Guide Congress: An Article by Jim Cason in the Alexandria Town Talk
  - More Than 100 Groups Tell Congress It's Time To Rein In Wasteful Pentagon Spending
  - More on Federal Budget
  - More than 1,900 Groups Urge Congress Toward Balanced Approach
  - Mountains of Debt
  - November Jobless Statement
  - Oberlin Friends Meeting Minute Regarding Military Spending
  - October Jobless Statement
  - Ohio Friends Speak to Rep. Kaptur
  - Oppose the House Budget Committee's FY 2012 Proposal: Letter to Congress
  - Oregon Fashion Show Showcases Pentagon Spending
  - Organize an Our Nation's Checkbook Letter-Writing Session
  - Our Nation's Checkbook Around the Country
  - Our Nation's Checkbook in the News
  - Over 100 Groups Oppose Working Families Flexibility Act
  - Pennsylvania: Cut the Pentagon, Not Our Programs
  - Pentagon Budget Quiz Answers
  - Pentagon Cuts Action Center
  - Pentagon Cuts in the News
  - Pentagon Spending Still Slated to Rise
  - Poverty
  - Practical Options to Save Billions in the Military Budget
  - Preamble to the 2014 Faithful Budget
  - Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act
  - President Obama: Raise Corporate Taxes
  - President's FY2014 Budget
  - Protect Low-Income Families: Letter to the Deficit Commission
  - Q & A on the Federal Budget Deficit
  - Rebuild America Act Support Letter
  - Red Cedar Friends Minute on the Budget
  - Reduce Pentagon Spending in the February 2011 Continuing Resolution
  - Redwood Forest Friends Meeting Minute on the Budget
  - Rep. Ryan's Budget Is Upside Down
  - Request for the FY2011 Budget: Letter to Congress
  - Restrain Wasteful Military Spending in 2012: Letter to Congress
  - Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel's First Major Policy Address
  - Security: A Dialogue
  - Senator Gillibrand: Protecting the Vulnerable
  - Senator Murray's Amendment
  - Senators: Please Support Ayotte Amendment to Eliminate MEADS Program
  - September Jobless Statement
  - Six Steps to a (More) Balanced Budget
  - Start a Sign-on Letter to Show Broad Support for Pentagon Cuts
  - Stepping Back from the Fiscal Cliff - A Summary
  - Stories the Budget Tells
  - Strengthening America's Values and Economy (SAVE) for All Statement of Principles
  - Successes
  - Summary of Framework for Defense Transition Assistance
  - Summary of Gang of Six Deficit Reduction Proposal
  - Supercommittee
  - Supercommittee: "No Deal"
  - Take Action: Keep Pentagon Spending on the Table
  - Take FCNL's Budget Quiz!
  - Tampa Friends deliver 400 signatures to Senator Nelson's D.C. Office
  - Tax Day 2013
  - Tax Terms
  - Teachers are important, but Don't Take Money from Civilian War Prevention: Letter to Chairman Obey
  - Ten Reasons Why Congress Should Cut the Pentagon Budget
  - Test Your Knowledge: Audits and the Pentagon
  - Test Your Knowledge: Pentagon Contractors and Taxes
  - Thank You Rep. Coffman for Introducing “Smarter Than Sequester Defense Spending Reduction Act”
  - Thank You Representative Miller for Introducing Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013
  - Thank You Senator Harkin for Introducing Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013
  - Thank You Senators Brown and Durbin for Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2013
  - The "Plan B" Debt Limit Proposal
  - The Budget Process for the Fiscal Year 2010
  - The Child Nutrition Re-Authorization
  - The Congressional Appropriations Process: An Introduction
  - The Debt Ceiling Debate
  - The Deficit Reduction Deal
  - The Federal Budget Process: An Interactive Performance in Three Acts
  - The Last Day for Budget Action? (Only Until Tomorrow)
  - The Latest on the Budget
  - Time for Action on Pentagon Budget Cuts
  - Trillions and Trillions - Isn't That a Lot of Money?
  - Tuesday: Tell Your Senators
  - Unemployment Insurance Extension
  - Vassalboro Friends Minute on the Budget
  - Video: Checking in on the Federal Budget
  - Video: Frequent Fliers and Everyone Else
  - Wasted Dollars in the Pentagon Budget
  - Wednesday: Who Says the Pentagon Can Spend Less?
  - What's Going On with the Budget?
  - What's New on Federal Budget and Taxes
  - Which Subcommittee is it Anyway? Determining Who Funds Your Issue
  - Whidbey Island Budget Workshop
  - Who Are the Players in the Deficit Debate?
  - Who Pays Taxes?
  - Who Says Congress Should Cut the Pentagon Budget?
  - Who Says We Can and Should Cut Pentagon Spending?
  - Who's Who in the "Gang Of Twelve"
  - Will the President's Budget Proposal Change How You're Taxed? (PDF)
- Foreign Policy
  - Email List
- Foreign Policy
  - 15 Faith Leaders: Condition Israeli Military Aid on Human Rights Compliance
  - 76 organizations urge the President to ban landmines
  - Address World Hunger: Save Int'l Food Aid Programs
  - Experts Stand by Hagel's Middle East Record
  - FCNL to Congress: Invest in Conflict Prevention in FY13 Budget
  - Faith Coalition Sends Foreign Policy Recommendations to White House
  - Fifty Statesmen Support Hagel
  - Foreign Policy Budget Analysis
  - Generals and Admirals Support Hagel Nomination
  - Letter to Congress: Investing in the Peaceful Prevention of Deadly Conflict
  - New Year, New Chances to Prevent War
  - Prominent Veterans’ Organizations Support Chuck Hagel
  - Senators' Public Comments on Hagel Nomination
  - Syria
  - Understanding Drones
  - We Need More Transparency Around Drone Strikes
- Greater Middle East
  - Email List
- Gun Violence Prevention
  - Close the Gun Show Loophole
  - Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence - Jan 15 letter to Congress & White House
  - Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence: A Letter to Congress
- Immigration
  - About how many immigrant youth are potentially eligible for relief from deportation under the Obama administration's grant of deferred action?
  - Alternatives to Detention Fact Sheet, by Detention Watch Network
  - Background Information for Writing Letters to Congress
  - Chapel Hill Friends Meeting Minute on Immigration
  - Congress Introduces Competing Bills to Create a STEM Visa Program for Highly-Skilled Immigrants
  - DHS Secretary Napolitano: End Sexual Abuse in Immigration Detention
  - Detention Visitation Manual, by Detention Watch Network
  - Detention and Due Process Fact Sheet, by Rights Working Group
  - Dreamers Get Two More Years to Dream
  - Enforcement with Humanitarian Values - Statement for House Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing
  - FCNL Deeply Disappointed with Decision to Send National Guard to Border
  - FCNL Letters-to-the-Editor Toolkit for Immigration Reform
  - FCNL Statement of Principles on Immigration Reform
  - FCNL Supports Efforts to End Discrimination against LGBT Binational Families
  - FCNL Supports Temporary Protected Status for Haitians
  - FCNL Supports the Reuniting Families Act
  - FCNL's Take on the Senate Immigration Reform Bill
  - Faith Groups Urge Representatives to Preserve Diversity Visa Program
  - Faith Groups Urge the Administration to Include DREAMers in Affordable Care Act Protection
  - Faith Groups Urge the Administration to Include DREAMers in Affordable Care Act Protection
  - Faith Organizations: Congress Keeps Moving Goalposts on Border Security
  - Faith Sign on Letter: In Support of Prosecutorial Discretion
  - Flagstaff Monthly Meeting Minute on Immigration
  - Flagstaff Monthly Meeting Statement of Concern on Immigration
  - Foreign Workers Must Have Full Rights
  - Guestworker Bills Proposed by Smith and Lungren
  - Guestworker Visa Bills for Migrant Farmworkers in the 112th Congress
  - H.R. 1505 - Violating Environmental, Native American, and Human Rights to "Protect the Border"
  - Halt Deportations to Haiti: Interfaith Letter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  - House Considering Three Paths to Legal Status
  - ICE Criminal Prosecutions Continue to Rise Under Obama
  - Immigrant visa bill passes the House!
  - Immigration Archive
  - Immigration Bill Heading to the Senate Floor
  - Immigration Bills You Should Know About for the 112th Congress
  - Immigration Enforcement Relies on Local Law Agencies, An Overview
  - Immigration Reform Gets a Strong Start
  - Immigration Reform is Key to Economic Recovery
  - Immigration Resources and Background
  - Immigration Update: November 2011
  - Immigration: Congress Could Fix the System
  - Immigration: Test Your Knowledge
  - Increasing Visas Available for Victims of Violent Crimes
  - Interfaith Immigration Coalition Recommendations to 113th Congress
  - Interfaith Immigration Coalition Recommendations to White House
  - Interfaith Immigration Coalition: Resources, Articles, and Actions
  - Interfaith Letter of Support for Temporary Protected Status for Haitians
  - Interfaith Statement in Support of Comprehensive Immigration Reform
  - Intermountain Yearly Meeting Minute on Immigration
  - It's Tax Time! Immigrants and Taxes: Contributions to State and Federal Coffers
  - Letter on Family Visas to Bipartisan Senate Immigration Group
  - Letter to President Obama in Response to January Immigration Raids
  - Letter to Secretary Napolitano on Recent Haiti Deportations
  - Make a Difference on Immigration
  - Make a Difference on Immigration
  - Many Happy Returns: Remittances and their Impact
  - More on Immigration
  - Multnomah Monthly Meeting Minute on Immigration
  - News Should Dig Deeper on Immigration Issue
  - Obama Administration Takes Important Step for Family Unity
  - Please Co-Sponsor the Ensuring Mental Competence in Immigration Proceedings Act
  - Preserve the Family Immigration System - Statement for House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing
  - Preserve the Family Immigration System - Statement for Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
  - Principles for Immigration Reform
  - Protect Immigrant Taxpayer Eligibility for the Child Tax Credit
  - Protect the Child Tax Credit for Children of Immigrants
  - Protecting Children and Families: A Letter of Support
  - Protecting Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Stateless Persons in the Senate Immigration Bill
  - Protecting immigration detainees from sexual abuse and assault
  - Quakers Welcome Next Steps on Immigration Reform, Call for Humane Enforcement
  - Quakers and Immigration
  - Questions for Candidates 2012: Immigration
  - Quiz: How much do you know about immigrants in our economy?
  - Racial Profiling Fact Sheet (Department of Justice)
  - Raids Fact Sheet, by Rights Working Group
  - Reuniting American Families Act
  - S. 3932 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010: A Summary
  - Senate Immigration Bill: A First Look
  - Setting the Record Straight on Immigrants and Crime
  - Stop Haiti Deportations: Letter to Secretary Napolitano
  - Stories from Detention: A Six-Week Series
  - Successes
  - Suggestions for Writing Letters to Congress
  - Support H.R. 3012, a bill amending caps on immigrant visas
  - Supreme Court Ruling On Arizona Immigration Bill - FCNL's Perspective
  - Supreme Court Takes on SB1070, Arizona's Controversial Immigration Bill
  - Taking Steps toward Immigration Reform
  - Talking Points on Immigration Reform
  - Talking Points on Immigration Reform 2013
  - Talking Points: Birthright Citizenship and the 14th Amendment
  - Talking Points: E-Verify
  - Talking Points: Raids
  - Taxes Paid by Undocumented Immigrants Offset Costs of Federally Mandated Services
  - Ten Economic Facts About Immigration
  - Thank You Rep. Polis
  - The Economics of Immigration Reform
  - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: States Take On Immigration
  - The Immigration Dilemma
  - The Interfaith Immigration Coalition Opposes the Deportation of Haitians
  - The Labor Movement's Framework for Immigration Reform
  - The Truth About Health Care Use Among Immigrants
  - Topics in Immigration
  - True or False? – Most immigrants are in the U.S. illegally.
  - We Oppose Eligibility Restrictions for the Child Tax Credit
  - What Is 'Secure Communities'? - How to Stop S-Comm in Your Community
  - What's Going On With Immigration?
  - What's New on Immigration
- Iran
  - "Prevent War with Iran" Campaign Coming to a State Near You!
  - 11 Groups: Keep Channels Open for Food and Medicine to Iran
  - 19 Reps Call for Report on Costs of War with Iran
  - 25 Groups Call on Obama Not to Block Food, Medicine to Iran
  - 26 National Organizations Against Congress' Push toward War
  - 37 Reps Say No to War, Yes to Diplomacy
  - 44 Senators Sign Anti-Diplomacy Letter on Iran
  - 8 Groups to Congress: Oppose Push for War with Iran
  - Ag & Industry Groups Support Strong Humanitarian Exemption in Sanctions Legislation
  - Ag Groups Support Strong Humanitarian Exception on Iran
  - Bill to Restrict Diplomacy with Iran
  - Bruce Riedel on Iran's Capacity to Destabilize Afghanistan
  - Call Your Senator TODAY: Say NO to War with Iran
  - Citizen Groups Join Diplomacy, Not War, with Iran Campaign
  - Col. Lawrence Wilkerson on lobbying with FCNL to prevent war with Iran
  - Congress Gets >100 Calls a Day This Week Against War with Iran
  - Congress’ Phones A-buzz with Your Calls Against War with Iran!
  - Creating Space for Diplomacy with Iran
  - Creating the Architecture for a New U.S. Foreign Policy
  - Current Legislation on Iran
  - Diplomacy with Iran: Put Your Action on the Map
  - Ecumenical Letter Opposing Iran Sanctions
  - Experts Against the Lieberman Resolution to Push for Attack on Iran
  - Experts Call for Diplomacy, Not War, with Iran
  - Experts on Iran and Members of Congress Question Sanctions Bill
  - Experts: Iran Sanctions Can Pave Path for War
  - FAQ on Iran
  - FCNL Joins Coalition of 21 Organizations Opposing More Sanctions on Iran
  - FCNL Joins Letter Opposing Congressional Iran Sanctions Bill
  - FCNL Letter Urges President to Continue Iran Engagement
  - FCNL Letter to President After Iran Sanctions Urging Engagement
  - FCNL Thanks Rep. Lee for Opposing Blank Check for Israeli Military Action
  - FCNL Urges Congress Not to Move More Iran Sanctions Legislation
  - FCNL Urges Congress to Oppose Iran Sanctions Amendment
  - FCNL Urges Congress: No Pro-War Provision in NDAA
  - FCNL and 25 Groups Tell House: Don't Sabotage Iran Diplomacy!
  - FCNL's Analysis of President Obama's Speech in Cairo
  - Face the Nation: Sec. Panetta, 1.8.2012
  - Fmr Militiary Officials Tell Congress to Support U.S.-Iran 'Incidents at Sea Agreement'
  - Fmr. AIPACer: Dialogue is the Only Viable Option with Iran
  - Highlights of Secretary Clinton Testimony on Iran Before House Foreign Affairs & Subcommittees
  - Highlights of Secretary Clinton's Testimony on Iran to Congressional Committees during FY2011 Budget Hearings
  - Holiday Conversation Guide: Iran
  - Iran
  - Iran Archive
  - Iran Experts Redirect
  - Joe Volk: Iran Elections; Diplomacy Still the Strong Hand
  - Keith Ellison Calls for Diplomacy with Iran
  - Key Statements from the Obama administration on Iran
  - Lancaster Interchurch Peace Witness Statement on Iran
  - Make a Call: Don't Let Your Senators "Iraq" Iran
  - Military Authorization FY 13: Iran Sections & Amendments
  - Minute from Storrs Friends Meeting on Diplomacy With Iran
  - New Iran Sanctions Push U.S and Iran Closer Toward War
  - Obama Administration Committed to Engage Iran, but Will It Play to Succeed or Fail?
  - Pertinent Iran Sanctions Language in H.R. 1905
  - Press Release: Former Hostages Call for Expanding Talks with Iran
  - Rep. Lee's Iran Letter Highlights FCNL Analysis
  - Rep. Schakowsky Responds to Anti-Diplomacy Bill Opposition
  - Reps from 8 Religious Organizations Call for Diplomacy with Iran
  - SUCCESS: Obama Allows Iran Earthquake Relief to Continue
  - Sen. Johnson's Landmark Statement on Iran Sanctions
  - Sen. Paul Opposes Lieberman Resolution on Iran
  - Sneak Peek: FCNL's Iran Work in 2012
  - Successes
  - Thanks for Ordering Postcards
  - The House Voted Against Authorizing Iran War: Your Calls Helped!
  - Transcript of Col. Wilkerson Speaking on Lobbying with FCNL
  - U.S. & Israeli Officials: Iran is NOT Building Nuclear Weapons
  - U.S., Iranian Leaders Set Stage for Negotiations
  - U.S., Israeli Security Officials Warn Against Attacking Iran
  - West Falmouth Friends Meeting to President Obama: Talk to Iran
  - What Can We Expect from Congress This Fall?
  - What Others Are Saying About the Anti-Iran Diplomacy Bill
  - What's New on Iran
  - Who Else Wants to Shut the Back Door to War with Iran?
  - Why Petroleum Sanctions on Iran Are a Mistake
  - Your Letters to the Editor on Iran
  - [Video] Iran in One Minute
- Iraq
  - 16 Reps. Urge Obama to Support--Not Thwart--Iraqi Vote on U.S. Presence
  - Congress to the White House: U.S. Military Must Leave Iraq by the End of the Year
  - Creating the Architecture for a New U.S. Foreign Policy
  - FAQ: The U.S.-Iraq "Withdrawal" Agreement
  - FCNL Joins Coalition to Ask Progressive Caucus to Vote Against War Funding
  - FCNL Joins Letter Supporting U.S. Commitment to Withdraw from Iraq
  - FCNL Statement on Iraq Withdrawal
  - FCNL Tells Congress: Vote No More Money for War & Fully Fund Aid
  - FCNL's Analysis of President Obama's Speech in Cairo
  - House Military Authorization Bill Requires Unprecedented Oversight for Withdrawal from Iraq and Recognition of U.S.-Iraq accord
  - House Military Authorization Reporting Requirement on Iraq
  - House Supplemental Bans Permanent Bases and Requires Withdrawal Reports
  - Iraq Archive
  - Iraq: Troop Withdrawal an Important Milestone
  - Letter to the President: Leave Iraq to the Iraqis
  - Successes
  - Timeline of FCNL Action to End the War in Iraq
  - Will Obama End the Iraq War?
- Kenya
  - 25 Groups Call on the Senate: End the Militarization of U.S.-Africa Policy
  - 33 Groups Caution Against Use of Military Force in Africa
  - August 2012: Supporting Peace in Kenya Monthly Update
  - December 2012: Supporting Peace in Kenya Monthly Update
  - Experts Call for a Kenyan Ambassador with Conflict Prevention Expertise
  - Kenya
  - Kenya Archive
  - Kenya's National Elections: A Roadmap for U.S. Policy
  - Kenya's National Elections: Counterterrorism and Military Might or Peaceful Prevention?
  - Letter to Newly Appointed Kenya Ambassador: Prevent Violence in 2012 Elections
  - Letter to President Obama: Help Prevent Deadly Conflict in Kenya
  - Letter to President Obama: Work in Kenya is Far From Over
  - March 2013: Supporting Peace in Kenya Monthly Update
  - March 25, 2013: Supporting Peace in Kenya Monthly Update
  - November 2012: Supporting Peace in Kenya Monthly Update
  - October 2012: Supporting Peace in Kenya Monthly Update
  - Senate: Ensure U.S. Does Not Fund Abuses in Kenya
  - September 2012: Supporting Peace in Kenya Monthly Update
  - What's New on Kenya
  - World Conference of Friends in Nakuru, Kenya
  - [Video] Cassidy Regan's Trip to Kenya
- Mass Incarceration
  - Letter to Congress Regarding Bureau of Prisons Sequestration Cuts
  - Sentencing Discretion for Judges - S. 619
- Middle East
  - 24 Members of Congress Call on Bush: Implement Ceasefire and Humanitarian Access for Gaza
  - Christian Leaders Want Middle East Peace
  - Churches for Middle East Peace Members Appeal to President Concerning Gaza
  - Coalition Calls for Release of Bahraini Political Prisoner
  - Congress to the White House: U.S. Military Must Leave Iraq by the End of the Year
  - Congress: Diplomacy, Not War, with Iran
  - Congressional Action Threatening Palestinian Aid
  - Dear Colleague Letter to Obama: Ease Gaza Suffering
  - Diane's Trip to the Middle East (May 25-June 3)
  - FCNL Calls on U.S. to Press for Gaza/Israel Ceasefire
  - FCNL Joins 12 Groups to Oppose Arms Sales to Bahrain
  - FCNL Joins 12 Groups to Oppose New Iran Sanctions
  - FCNL Joins Letter Urging Presidential Leadership for Middle East Peace
  - FCNL Joins Over 50 Religious Groups to Press for Two-State Solution
  - FCNL Letter to Administration in Response to Gaza Flotilla Raid
  - FCNL Mailing to Congress Highlights Need for Mideast Peace
  - FCNL Statement on Syria: May 2013
  - FCNL Statement: War is Not the Answer in North Africa and the Middle East
  - FCNL Thanks Rep. Ellison for Bold Support for Mideast Peace
  - FCNL Thanks Rep. Lee for Opposing Blank Check for Israeli Military Action
  - FCNL Urges Obama Administration to Oppose Israeli Settlements at the UN
  - FCNL Urges Obama to Support Immediate Gaza Ceasefire, All Inclusive Negotiations, and Lifting Blockade
  - FCNL Urges President Obama to Visit Peacemakers in Israel & Palestine
  - FCNL and 22 Organizations Urge Senate to Move Toward Peace
  - FCNL and 26 Other Groups Urge Senate Cosponsorship of S. 186
  - FCNL and 29 Organizations Call on House to Support Afghanistan Policy Shift
  - FCNL signs Churches for Middle East Peace letter urging President Obama to continue Israel-Palestine talks
  - FCNL's Analysis of President Obama's Speech in Cairo
  - FCNL's Response to Congressional Action on Gaza: Requirements for Israel-Palestine Peace
  - Faith Leaders Write the President: Support Middle East Peace
  - Faxed Letter to the House: Oppose Resolution to Denounce Goldstone (H.Res. 867)
  - Gaza: President Says Blockade Must End
  - Highlights of Secretary Clinton's Testimony on Israel-Palestine Before House Foreign Affairs Committee & Subcommittee on Foreign Ops
  - How to Talk about Libya
  - Jim Fine Joins Coalition of Religious Leaders to Urge Obama to Lift Gaza Blockade and Pursue Middle East Peace
  - Jim Fine Returns from the Middle East: U.S. Role is Critical to Israel-Palestine Peace
  - Letter to Congress for an Immediate End to the U.S. War in Libya
  - Letter to Obama: Support the Goldstone Report
  - Libya: FCNL Statements and Information
  - Middle East Archive
  - More on the Middle East
  - Quaker Orgs Write Senate: Support Funding for Palestinians and the UN
  - Quaker Statement on Palestinian U.N. Bid
  - Reject Cuts to Humanitarian Aid for Palestinians & the U.N.
  - Select Congressional Responses to Gaza Flotilla Raid
  - Senator Feinstein Letter to Secretary Clinton Supporting Administration Proximity Talks
  - Sneak Peak: FCNL's Work on Israel/Palestine in 2012
  - Take Action: Urge Congress to Challenge Libya War
  - Thank You to Members Opposing Goldstone Resolution H.Res. 867
  - U.S. Military Intervention in Syria is Not the Answer
  - What's New in the Middle East
  - Where to Go in Israel and Palestine
  - Who is Calling for De-escalation in Gaza and Israel?
  - Who's Calling for Talks with Hamas?
- Military Draft
- More On Foreign Policy
- Native Americans
  - 112th Congress Wrap-Up
  - A Quest to End a Native American Epidemic
  - AIDS takes a growing toll on Native Americans
  - Additional Resources for March 2013 NALU
  - Addressing the Epidemic of Domestic Violence in Indian Country by Restoring Tribal Sovereignty
  - Affordable Care Act in the Supreme Court
  - Amnesty International: Join Voices With Native American and Alaska Native Women
  - And This Just In From Congress...
  - Blogging on Indian Health
  - Chronology of the Department of Interior Trust Scandal
  - Cobell Case Not Yet Closed
  - Cobell Payments and Land Fractionation Program
  - Cobell v. Salazar - Finally Final
  - Cobell v. Salazar Settlement Agreement
  - Cobell: A Legislative and Judicial Update
  - Coming up: Events and Legislation
  - Comments on the Vote
  - Congressional Committee Makeup for 113th Congress
  - Congressional Committee Update
  - Continuing Support for Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization
  - Copy of Native American Legislative Update List Archive
  - Dear Representative: Pass the Tribal Law and Order Act
  - Democratic Party Platform - Position on Native American Issues
  - Department of Energy to Provide Technical Support for Tribes
  - Department of Justice Announces New Eagle Feather Policy
  - Developments in Energy - House and Senate
  - Disagreement Over Amendments to the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization
  - Economic Issues
  - Eloise Cobell's stament on settlement (Dec 8, 2009)
  - Environment and Energy
  - Even More on Energy in Indian Country
  - Excerpts from Faith Statements on Tribal Sovereignty
  - Expanding the Tribal Self-Governance Program
  - FCNL Supports Improvements in Native Education Programs
  - FCNL's 4th Annual Native American Briefing - January 31, 2012
  - FY 2013 Budget: What the President Proposed for Indian Country
  - FY2012 Funding for Native American Programs
  - Facilitating the Leasing of Tribal Lands
  - Faith Letter to House Committee Chairs: Hearing on Rape in Indian Country
  - Federal Government Settles $1 Billion in Trust Claims
  - Feds approve NY tribe recognition
  - Final Action on the Violence Against Women Act
  - First Presidential Disaster Declaration for a Tribe
  - Fiscal Year 2011 Letters to Congress and Budget Summary
  - Food and Agricultural Grants Awarded to Native American Tribes
  - Funding to Keep Native American Communities Safe
  - H.R. 1505 - Violating Environmental, Native American, and Human Rights to "Protect the Border"
  - Hawaiian Native Rights and Self Determination
  - Health Care - Controlling Diabetes in Indian Country
  - Hearings on Energy Issues in Indian Country
  - Homeless in Indian Country
  - House Hearing on Native American Energy Act
  - House Interior Appropriations Hearing on Indian Education
  - House Interior Appropriations Hearing on Indian Health
  - IHS Director re: Permanently Reauthorized Indian Health Care Improvement Act
  - Immigration Reform Touches Indian Country
  - Indian Country Responds to "Geronimo"
  - Indian Country and the Federal Budget
  - Indian Lands
  - Indian Report: Disparities in Indian Country (2007, Spring)
  - Inter-agency Action Plan on Sacred Sites Released
  - Interfaith Letter In Support of Provisions for Native Women in VAWA Legislation
  - Interfaith Letter in Support of Senate Version of VAWA
  - Interfaith Letter to Congress Regarding VAWA 2013
  - Justice Issues
  - Keeping Sacred Spaces: Resources
  - Learning by Listening
  - Letter to Congress on FY 2011 Funding for Indian Programs
  - Letter to Congress: Pass the Tribal Law and Order Act
  - Letter to President Obama: Native American Apology Act
  - Letter to Senate in Support of VAWA 2013
  - List
  - Making Connections - Telecommunications for Indian Country
  - Maze of Injustice: The failure to protect Indigenous women from sexual violence in the U.S.A.
  - NALU January 2012: Native American Program Funding for FY2012
  - Native American Advocacy: Protecting Women from Violence
  - Native American Advocacy: Protecting Women from Violence
  - Native American Budget Hearings for Fiscal Year 2014
  - Native American Issues Archive
  - Native American Issues: Calendar
  - Native American Issues: Education
  - Native American Issues: Health
  - Native American Issues: Jobs
  - Native American Issues: Justice
  - Native American Issues: Religion
  - Native American Legislative Update
  - Native American Legislative Update - November 2012: News and Notes
  - Native American Prayer Gathering at the Supreme Court
  - Native American Programs
  - Native American Subject Index
  - Native American Trust Fund: Massive Mismanagement
  - Native Americans and the Public: A Human Values Perspective
  - Native Languages Preservation Program Reauthorized
  - Native Women and the Violence Against Women Act*
  - Natural disasters and Indian Country
  - New Indian Affairs Legislation
  - New Regulations on Leasing Indian Lands
  - New Report on Indian Education - Positive Legislation Stalled
  - News and Notes
  - News and Notes
  - News and Notes
  - Obama Administration, Tribal Leaders gather in DC
  - Obama’s Executive Order: Improve Indian Education!
  - One Step Closer to Energy Development in Indian Country
  - Order
  - Other News: Parks, Energy, and Senate Hearings
  - Oversight of the Management of Indian Trust Funds
  - President Meets with Tribal Leaders
  - President Obama Signs VAWA Reauthorization
  - Presidential Candidates Answer Questions From Native American Press
  - Protecting Religious Freedom and Sacred Sites
  - Public Opinions about American Indians
  - Real apology means you won't do it again
  - Reclaiming Identity: The Repatriation of Native Remains and Culture
  - Recognizing the Lumbee - at Last?
  - Religious Freedom for Native Americans
  - Religous Action Center of Reform Judaism Supports Native American Health Care
  - Renewable Energy in Indian Country
  - Report Card: How the U.S. Treats Its Indigenous Peoples
  - Representative Grijalva Affirms Importance of Consultation
  - Republican Party Platform - Position on Native American Issues
  - Restoring River Habitats in Maine
  - Saving the Liberty Quarry Site
  - Senate Indian Affairs Committee Meets Interior Secretary Sally Jewell
  - Senate Legislation to Protect Native Women
  - Senate version one-pager
  - Senator Leahy Brings "Violence Against Women Act" to the Senate Floor
  - Sequestering Native American Programs
  - Six Sioux Nations Announce Purchase of Pe'Sla in Black Hills of South Dakota
  - Special Diabetes Program
  - Spending for Federally-funded Programs in Indian Country
  - State of Indian Nations Address
  - Straw Bale Houses for Indian Country: Interview with Bob Gough
  - Streamlining Disaster Assistance
  - Strengthening Protections for Native Women
  - Subscribe to the Indian Report
  - Successes
  - Support the Indian Arts and Crafts Amendment
  - Supreme Court Hears Indian Child Welfare Act Case
  - Taking a Hard Look at Housing
  - Thank You For Your Leadership on the Cobell Settlement
  - Thanks for taking our NALU Survey!
  - The Farm Bill: Reauthorizing Agriculture and Food Programs
  - The Name "Indian" and Political Correctness
  - The Origins of our Trust Responsibility Towards the Tribes
  - The Public Safety Crisis in Indian Country
  - The SAVE Native Women Act moves forward
  - The Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Passes the Senate!
  - Topics in Native American Advocacy
  - Treaty Rights and Responsibilities Basics
  - Tribal Advocates Speak Out on Fracking and Energy Issues
  - Tribal Energy Development
  - Tribal Governments Authorized to Approve Leasing of Tribal Lands
  - Tribal Leaders Share Priorities for 113th Congress
  - Tribal Letter on Fiscal Cliff
  - Tribal Programs Funding Bills Still Working Their Way Through Congress
  - U.S. Rules May Bar Iroquois From Lacrosse Event
  - UN Declaration Gains Momentum
  - Upcoming Indian Affairs Hearings
  - Update on Carcieri v. Salazar Legislation
  - Update on Native Women and the Violence Against Women Act
  - VAWA Update: We Won!
  - Violence Against (Some) Women Act - Reathorized in the House
  - Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Passes!
  - Violence Against Women Act Trips on a Technicality
  - Votes on Violence Against Women Act in the House
  - Water - A Life Issue in the Southwest
  - What If Rep. Ryan's Budget Becomes Law?
  - What is Happening with the Cobell Settlement and Tribal Trust Funds?
  - What's New in Native American Affairs
  - Who Gets to Declare a Natural Disaster in Indian Country?
  - Will Congress Apologize to Native Americans?
  - Will We Stick up for our Indigenous Neighbors?
  - Working together: U.S. and tribal governments collaborate to implement new laws
  - World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
  - You're Stepping On Our Ancestors by Billy Frank
  - “Lands into Trust” -- Supreme Court to Hear Case
- Nuclear Disarmament
  - "A World Free of Nuclear Weapons," Wall Street Journal
  - "Case for ratifying Nuclear Test Ban," Politico
  - "Learning From Experience on Arms Control," Wall Street Journal
  - "Toward a Nuclear-Free World," Wall Street Journal
  - Action Guide - Complex Transformation Q & A
  - Alliance of Baptists
  - American Baptist Churches, General Board
  - Ask Your Senators to Support the Global Ban on Nuclear Test Explosions!
  - Benefits of the New START Treaty
  - Building Mutual Security in the Euro-Atlantic Region
  - CTBT Fact Sheet
  - Close the Nevada Nuclear Test Site!
  - Commentary by Religious Leaders in Arizona on Nuclear Nonproliferation
  - Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
  - Don't Increase U.S. Nuclear Weapons Capacity: Letter to President Obama
  - Election 2012: Nuclear Disarmament
  - Emerging Consensus on Nuclear Weapons Reductions
  - Episcopal Church
  - FCNL Executive Secretary’s Statement on the New START Treaty
  - FCNL Letter to Senate: Ratify START Treaty Now
  - FCNL Urges Nuclear Regulatory Commission Proliferation Assessment
  - FCNL and Arms Control Groups Support Cuts to Nukes Spending
  - FCNL, Other Groups Urge Armed Service Committee To Cut Funding for Nuclear Weapons
  - FMWG Letter on Nonproliferation Funding
  - Faith Based Statements on Nuclear Disarmament
  - Faith groups urge NATO to remove US nukes from Europe
  - Freeze the Nukes, Fund the Future Co-signers
  - Joint Statement on Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons
  - Key Facts About the Nuclear Posture Review
  - Letter to Congress on USEC and Nonproliferation Funding
  - Letter to Congress on the B61 Nuclear Bomb
  - Letter to Congress: Reduce Funding for the MOX Program
  - Letter to Secretary Clinton on START
  - Letter to Senate on Removing $1 billion for Nuclear Weapons Infrastructure
  - Matthew 5 Project: Evangelicals for Nuclear Reduction
  - Military Leaders Agree on Reductions
  - More on New START
  - More on Nuclear Disarmament
  - More on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
  - NYT Editorial: The Test Ban Treaty
  - National Arms Control Organizations Write Energy Secretary Chu
  - National Council of Churches
  - National Council of Churches
  - New Nuclear Bomb Plant Defeated
  - New START Treaty
  - Next Steps in Reducing Nuclear Risks: The Pace of Nonproliferation Work Today Doesn't Match the Urgency of the Threat
  - No funding for new bomb plant: Letter to Sen. Levin
  - Nuclear Bomb Testing Simulation
  - Nuclear Disarmament Archive
  - Nuclear Disarmament Sneak Peek for 2012
  - Nuclear Weapons-A Smart Way to Cut the Pentagon
  - Organizations Write a Letter to Congress on MOX Plant
  - Organizations Write a Letter to the President on Nuclear Guidance
  - Pax Christi USA
  - Presbyterian Church (U.S.A)
  - Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Stated Clerk of the General Assembly
  - President Obama: The First 100 Days
  - Questions for the Record - Bill Lynn and Michele Flournoy
  - Religion Action Center of Reform Judaism
  - Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
  - Rep. Markey: "Freeze the Nukes, Fund the Future"
  - SANE Act Cosponsors
  - START Follow-On Agreement Supporters
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