U.S. Congress

House Speaker Pelosi rebukes reporter: ‘Don’t mess with me’
- Dec 6, 2019
Finger pointing and voice hoarse, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday delivered a broadside to a reporter that might well apply to all of impeachment-era Washington: “Don’t mess with me.”

By Laurie Kellman
50 years since White House conference on food, hunger issues remain
- Nov 29, 2019
Fifty years ago, the White House sponsored a Dec. 2-4 conference on food, nutrition and health designed to set the groundwork for a national nutrition policy and to advise President Richard Nixon on the best ways to eliminate hunger and malnutrition in the United States.

By Carol Zimmermann
Jesuit school students in Washington once again to push for action
- Nov 23, 2019
Each year, the students flock to a hotel just outside of Washington. Like migrating birds signaling winter, you can tell the time of year by the arrival of the high schoolers, college students and young alumni from Jesuit universities around the country.

By Rhina Guidos

DACA recipients undaunted moments before visiting Congress
- Nov 19, 2019
Three young adults of the estimated 700,000 with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status remain undaunted after years of little to no action on their behalf in Congress and the courts, including the Nov. 12 Supreme Court hearing that could permit the Trump administration to cancel the program.

By Mark Pattison
Murdered Jesuits inspired work, faith of Massachusetts congressman
- Nov 12, 2019
This summer, when U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern took a congressional delegation to El Salvador to study the causes of migration, he planned a stop for the group at the place where six Jesuit priests who greatly influenced his work and faith are buried.

By Rhina Guidos
Religious freedom panel examines ways to protect holy sites worldwide
- Oct 25, 2019
In light of continued attacks on houses of worship and holy sites around the world, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom held an Oct. 23 hearing at the Capitol to learn ways to deter such attacks.

By Mark Pattison