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Cardinal-designate McElroy has long commitment to Laudato Si', environment
… did with the $300-plus billion in climate investments signed into law as part of the Inflation Reduction Act. For his part, McElroy has advocated a stronger embrace of Laudato Si' within the U.S. …
Aug 25, 2022
Historic climate law, signed by Biden, has Catholic fingerprints all over it
… rapidly heating the planet. The more than $300 billion in climate provisions included in the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, represent a major milestone after decades of mostly failed efforts by the United …
Aug 18, 2022
Links: GOP spin on IRS; Sinema's Wall Street loophole; suffering in Afghanistan
… new army of 87,000 IRS agents," trying to find something wrong in the otherwise popular Inflation Reduction Act , why was the IRS not ready with some statistics about the number of people waiting for …
Aug 16, 2022
The climate bill is our generation's moonshot. Failure is not an option.
… start to appear, the ground gives way and the waters rush in. The princess is begging us to act. "Chiang Rai," the princess of the cave cries, "we have a problem!" We need to summon the … is not an option." Now the work can begin, at long last, thanks to the underwhelmingly named Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Let's call it the "Inconvenient Truth Act" of 2022. [Rabbi Joshua …
Aug 15, 2022
Catholic agencies say Inflation Reduction Act, on its way to Biden's desk, addresses long-standing goals
… miracle that it got passed," Dan Misleh, founder of the Catholic Climate Covenant, said of the Inflation Reduction Act, which was approved 51-50 Aug. 7 in the Senate. Vice President Kamala Harris cast the …
Aug 12, 2022
Archbishop welcomes Senate bill's provisions on environment, drug prices
… praised the Senate for tackling environmental concerns and lowering drug prices by passing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The Senate approved the measure via the budget reconciliation process Aug. 7 in a …
Aug 10, 2022
Advocates worry anti-immigrant provisions will make way into spending bill
… Aug. 3 that some lawmakers will attempt to include an extension of a Trump-era rule in the Inflation Reduction Act. The legislation is the most-watched item in Congress as members gets ready to go on summer …
Aug 5, 2022
Faith groups respond to Sen. Manchin's surprise climate deal with shock, optimism
… hundreds of billions of dollars in energy and climate investments as part of an expansive inflation, tax and health care reform bill. Faith groups responded to the historic, and for many … the finish line," he told EarthBeat. The $433 billion bill has a new name, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, after shedding its one-time Build Back Better moniker. The vast majority of the …
Jul 28, 2022
With the planet at 'a breaking point', pope urges decisive action at UN environment summits
… ecosystems, threaten biodiversity and harm communities. "It is necessary for all of us to act decisively. For we are reaching 'a breaking point,' " the pope said. … 'Anguished cries' of … away from climate change and biodiversity preservation amid the war in Ukraine and soaring inflation and energy costs. Francis said that his recent move to authorize the Holy See to … unite the human family in effectively confronting the double crisis of climate change and the reduction of biodiversity," Francis said. Recalling St. Paul's call to the Romans to rejoice with …
Jul 21, 2022
House GOP health bill jettisons insurance mandate, much of Medicaid expansion
… of the Republican Party and the Trump administration since January. The Affordable Care Act passed in 2010 without a single Republican vote, and the party has strongly denounced it ever … Sept. 30. Those amounts would be adjusted annually based on a state’s enrollment and medical inflation. Currently, federal payments to states also take into account how generous the state’s … or poorly timed change in the current funding structure in Medicaid could result in a reduction in access to life-saving health care services,” Sens. Rob Portman of Ohio, Shelley …
Mar 7, 2017