House GOP Didn't Get Pope’s Memo On Poor Before Slashing Food Stamps | Alternet

House GOP Didn't Get Pope’s Memo On Poor Before Slashing Food Stamps | Alternet
"There’s nothing new about the House GOP’s war on America’s poor. They want people to go hungry. They want to deny people healthcare. Those were the bottom lines in votes on Thursday and Friday."

Faith Communities, Hospital Groups, And Business Leaders All Urge Texas Governor To Expand Medicaid

Faith Communities, Hospital Groups, And Business Leaders All Urge Texas Governor To Expand Medicaid: Despite the fact that more than 25 percent of Texas’ population is uninsured, Gov. Rick Perry (R) has rejected Obamacare’s optional expansion of the Medicaid program, a move that will deny health coverage to more than 133,000 low-income Texans. In order to pressure him to change his mind, a diverse coalition of community leaders in [...]/p

Faith Leaders Pressure Ohio Governor To Expand ‘Life-Saving’ Medicaid Program

Faith Leaders Pressure Ohio Governor To Expand ‘Life-Saving’ Medicaid Program: On top of slashing state funds for Ohio’s Medicaid program, Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) hasn’t yet committed to Obamacare’s optional Medicaid expansion — even though participating in the expansion would extend health coverage to an estimated 600,000 low-income Ohioans. But the state’s religious and community leaders are hoping the governor might be swayed by their [...]/p

Faith Leaders Urge Republican Governors To Expand ‘Pro-Life’ Medicaid Program

Faith Leaders Urge Republican Governors To Expand ‘Pro-Life’ Medicaid Program: Over 100 national, state, and local faith leaders are imploring Republican governors to have the “wisdom and integrity” to expand their states’ Medicaid programs to cover an estimated 17 million low-income Americans who cannot currently afford health insurance. A joint statement issued by the religious leaders calls on lawmakers to accept the Medicaid expansion under [...]/p

Sister Simone Campbell: Romney-Ryan tax policies are ‘antithetical to either scripture or sanity’

Why Religious Leaders Have Condemned The Ryan-Romney Budget

Why Religious Leaders Have Condemned The Ryan-Romney Budget:  Now that Mitt Romney has picked Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as his running mate, Ryan’s radical budget constitutes Romney’s economic platform. The Ryan-Romney budget is based on a number of false and dangerous [...]/p