Update

On August 7, 2020, Sen. Dick Durbin (IL) introduced the America’s Clean Future Fund Act (S.4484).

Black, indigenous, and other people of color have long called attention to the systemic racism and oppression that is prevalent in our society, and anti-blackness is at the center of it all. This is the case in the current the U.S. immigration system.

In November 2020, Secretary Pompeo notified Congress of an impending sale of $23 billion in advanced weaponry to the United Arab Emirates. This panel, moderated by FCNL’s lead lobbyist for Middle East Policy Hassan El-Tayyab, brings together academics, policy experts, and Yemeni human rights advocates.

In this season of gratitude, compassion and giving, we are reminded of the call to serve the least among us—a call that Congress must answer.

Widespread mail and package delays continue to plague the nation as Americans bear the impact of major cost-cutting measures placed on the United States Postal Service (USPS) earlier this year.

Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) thanked members of FCNL’s Advocacy Teams for the difference they have made in stopping war and promoting peace.

This has indeed been a year of reckoning—of challenges so big and so constant we cannot turn away. Reckoning with the election; the coronavirus pandemic; systemic racism of our country; and the continued destruction of our planet.

As we continue to patiently wait for every vote to be counted in this unprecedented election, I remain inspired by the millions of first time voters who cast their ballots, and by all who managed to make their voice heard at the polls—even at the apex of this pandemic.

The United Nations recognizes November 6 as the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. It is a day to acknowledge the devastation inflicted upon communities and ecosystems by endless war and the role that the climate crisis plays in fueling conflict around the world.

A federal court struck down a harmful Trump administration rule that would have eliminated Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for 700,000 low-income people.