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Call to Action: Urge Federal Elected Officials and the President to Create Lasting Bipartisan Immigration Solutions That Are Secure, Humane, Efficient, and Focused on Growth
The American people have cast their majority vote, and President-elect Donald Trump will take office this January. As he begins working to enact his immigration campaign promises, we pray for and call on him and other elected officials to ensure future policies and actions are rooted in moral, ethical, practical, and legal principles. Some MWEG leaders are traveling to Capitol Hill in D.C. this week to talk to legislators about immigration and would love to hand deliver your letters that convey your personal convictions on this important and urgent issue! Use our advocacy tool to write a letter to your representatives. Quickly enter your contact information, write your letter, and…
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Call to Action: Commit to Accept Election Results
With the 2024 presidential election less than two weeks away, many are feeling deep apprehension about how the electoral process will play out. We can feel confident, however, knowing that over the past four years, public servants, elected officials, and the American people have worked tirelessly to shore up the institutions, infrastructure, and systems that have ensured our freedom and protected our liberties for more than 200 years. These efforts have resulted in the most secure and safe elections in our nation’s history. Certainty in elections has sustained our country through wars, economic downturns, social unrest, and political transitions. Even when we are deeply divided, our reliance on an election’s outcomes…
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Call to Action: Support Child Tax Credit in Bipartisan Tax Bill January 2024
Our efforts to strengthen American families with an enhanced child tax credit have reached a critical milestone. Congress needs to hear from you now, as they will vote soon on this important bill. Please call or write your representative and senators. On January 19, 2024, the House Ways and Means Committee approved H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Workers and Families Act of 2024, with a vote of 40-3. This bipartisan proposal cuts taxes and red tape for businesses, promotes innovation, creates jobs, and slashes fraud. In addition, 15 million kids from low-income families will be better off through improvements to the child tax credit. Enhancing the child tax…
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Call to Action: Ask Your Members of Congress to Support the Child Tax Credit
When the expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) expired at the end of 2021, nearly 19 million of the poorest children stopped receiving aid because their parentsâ income was too low to qualify for the tax credit. The expiration of the credit functioned as a de facto tax increase for our most vulnerable families, just as they were struggling to manage the ramifications of significant inflation. Meanwhile, parents earning up to $400,000 per year continued to receive up to $2,000 per child per year. Negotiations are currently underway to reinstate some provisions of the expanded tax credit and again make it fully refundable â meaning families could receive the…
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Call to Action: End Using Title 42 as Border Immigration Policy
In March 2020 the Trump administration implemented Title 42, part of the 1944 Public Health Service Act, which “allows the government to prevent the introduction of individuals during certain public health emergencies.” This policy was not recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and has enabled both the Trump and Biden administrations to ignore long-standing norms and laws related to the processing of asylum seekers at the U.S. border. TO DO Contact your members of Congress requesting their support for our administrationâs plan to end the use of Title 42 at the border on May 23. You can find instructions and…
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Earth Day Call to Action: Thank Elected Officials for the Environmental Provisions in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
As women of faith, our ethic of environmental stewardship is informed by scripture and prophetic counsel. President Russell M. Nelson proclaimed: âWe should care for the earth, be wise stewards over it, and preserve it for future generations.â MWEGâs Principle of Ethical Government 2f states: âGovernments and members of society have an obligation to exercise responsible stewardship of the earth, thereby protecting not only the wellbeing of their citizens, but also that of both future generations and other citizens of the planet (see D&C 59:18-21 and D&C 104:13-15).â We are at a critical juncture for taking effective action and implementing policy to mitigate the effects of climate change. The climate…
