Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. The Senate Judiciary Committee has delayed its vote on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor until Tuesday, July 28. After the Judiciary Committee vote, the full Senate is likely to follow the standard timetable of four or five days of debate before voting on the nominee. If confirmed, Sotomayor would become the 111th Supreme Court justice.
Housing markets looking up. Construction of new U.S. homes rose in June to the highest level in seven months while mortgage rates have decreased for the third straight week.
Inflation control. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke has told the House Financial Committee that he believes the Federal Reserve will be able to control inflation once an economic recovery is established.
U.S. Army expanding. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the size of the U.S. Army is being increased by 22,000 to help meet deployment needs for the continuing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and because of political turmoil in Pakistan. The Army currently has total Troop strength of 547,000.
Kidnapped soldier revealed. The Taliban has posted online video of Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, taken prisoner nearly four weeks ago in Afghanistan. The 23-year-old Bergdahl was serving with a unit based in Fort Richardson, AK earlier this month when he vanished. He was serving at a base near the border with Pakistan in an area known to be a Taliban stronghold.
Religious rights of U.S. students. A newly launched campaign is reaching out to public school students, teachers and parents across the nation to promote greater awareness about the fundamental right that students have to religious expression. “Students have the liberty to express their faith at school,” clarifies Eric Buehrer, president of Gateways to Better Education, in the Christian Post. Buehrer has teamed up with the Alliance Defense Fund for the National Free to Speak Campaign. Over the past 15 years, the U.S. Department of Education has issued guidelines on freedom of religious expression in public schools three different times. Included in the guidelines are statements clarifying a student’s right to share their beliefs, pray, evangelize, read Scripture, and invite students to participate in such activities so long as they are voluntary, student-initiated, and not disruptive or coercive.
July 23, 2009 at 7:00 am
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. The Senate Judiciary Committee has delayed its vote on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor until Tuesday, July 28. After the Judiciary Committee vote, the full Senate is likely to follow the standard timetable of four or five days of debate before voting on the nominee. If confirmed, Sotomayor would become the 111th Supreme Court justice.
Housing markets looking up. Construction of new U.S. homes rose in June to the highest level in seven months while mortgage rates have decreased for the third straight week.
Inflation control. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke has told the House Financial Committee that he believes the Federal Reserve will be able to control inflation once an economic recovery is established.
U.S. Army expanding. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the size of the U.S. Army is being increased by 22,000 to help meet deployment needs for the continuing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and because of political turmoil in Pakistan. The Army currently has total Troop strength of 547,000.
Kidnapped soldier revealed. The Taliban has posted online video of Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, taken prisoner nearly four weeks ago in Afghanistan. The 23-year-old Bergdahl was serving with a unit based in Fort Richardson, AK earlier this month when he vanished. He was serving at a base near the border with Pakistan in an area known to be a Taliban stronghold.
Religious rights of U.S. students. A newly launched campaign is reaching out to public school students, teachers and parents across the nation to promote greater awareness about the fundamental right that students have to religious expression. “Students have the liberty to express their faith at school,” clarifies Eric Buehrer, president of Gateways to Better Education, in the Christian Post. Buehrer has teamed up with the Alliance Defense Fund for the National Free to Speak Campaign. Over the past 15 years, the U.S. Department of Education has issued guidelines on freedom of religious expression in public schools three different times. Included in the guidelines are statements clarifying a student’s right to share their beliefs, pray, evangelize, read Scripture, and invite students to participate in such activities so long as they are voluntary, student-initiated, and not disruptive or coercive.