Since the 1990s, each president has established an overarching vision for the role nuclear weapons should play in U.S. national security. Known as the Nuclear Posture Review (or NPR), this public document answers key questions about U.S. nuclear strategies.
We are encouraged by the inclusion of many of FCNL’s critical priorities in this initial spending blueprint—an important marker of the success of our long-term advocacy efforts. But we know it will require persistence to ensure these pieces move forward and are meaningfully funded this year and in years to come.
Since the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) lapsed in January, 3.4 million children have fallen into poverty. Members of Congress have an opportunity to revive this credit and bring critical relief to families facing inflation and higher gas prices.
As negotiators in Iran and the United States near a mutual return to the Iran nuclear deal, some in Congress are threatening to block ratification of the agreement. It is critical that advocates continue to stay engaged and speak out in favor of diplomacy with Iran. Restoring the nuclear deal will help de-escalate tensions in the region, end the humanitarian suffering caused by economic sanctions against Iran, and prevent nuclear proliferation.
If the Pentagon and weapons contractors can get their $24 billion wish list for weapons and war—in addition to the $813 billion that President Biden already requested for the Pentagon in FY 2023—then the American people deserve an opportunity to get their unfunded needs met as well. This year’s People’s Unfunded Priorities List highlights five key areas.
The Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act (EWGAPA), enacted in January 2019, requires the president to submit an annual report on U.S. efforts to prevent and respond to atrocities. This month, the administration released its 2022 report.
Following its August recess, Congress returned to Washington D.C. this week to address the issue of permitting reform for existing energy infrastructure projects.
Gun violence and violence in general takes a huge toll every year; not only in lives lost and altered but in the trauma that lives on. On July 4, there was a horrific mass shooting in Highland Park where seven people were killed and more than 30 injured. In Chicago on that same day, nine people lost their lives and 52 injured. n light of these tragedies, the League of Women Voters of Lake County will sponsor a virtual forum on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. CDT, addressing what you can do as an individual working with public officials to reduce the plague of gun violence in your community, state, and America.
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