On Monday, a Cole County Judge rejected the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act (MOSIRA), saying that lawmakers approved it in an unconstitutional way last fall. Circuit Judge Dan Green’s ruling eliminates MOSIRA because lawmakers passed it with a contingency clause, which said it would only take effect if lawmakers also passed a broader tax [...]
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt tried to introduce an amendment yesterday to a highway funding bill to eliminate the Obama administration’s abortion-drug mandate. Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada) blocked the move, saying Republicans need to “calm down” about the issue until a final rule comes out and that debate was “senseless” until then. In his speech on [...]
On Nov. 10, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10 to 8 along party lines to repeal the Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). DOMA was passed in 1996 and signed into law by then President Clinton. The law defines marriage for purposes of federal law as the union of one man and one woman. [...]
Dec 022011
Parents have the God-given right to direct the education of their children. This includes choosing a school for their children that corresponds with their own moral and religious convictions. The MCC works for the passage of legislation that will uphold parental rights in the area of education. This page offers information on school-choice developments around [...]
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