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Nebraska C C: James R. Cunningham    
Executive Director

NCC/Publications

  NCC Statements & Current Issues

Medical Treatment Decision-making  

USCCB

Caritas In Veritate

(Charity In Truth)

Bishops' Statements

 Immigration

Spanish

Senate Health Care 09

Prenatal Coverage

Capitol Correspondent:

    Columns-2010

    Past Columns

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PRO LIFE:

Greg Schleppenbach

State Director

2010 Legislation

Current Issues

NE Catholics for Life

 NCL Newsletter

Life Insight: 

  Columns-2010

  Past Columns

Preg. Help Centers

Project Rachel

Printed Resources

Educational Resources

Program Models
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Education:

Jeremy Murphy

Associate Director of

Education Issues  

The NFCSP

Education/Legislation

Action Alerts!!

Newsletter: 

 Parent Advocate 2010

Past Newsletters

Nebraska Catholic Conference Publications

Nebraska Bishops' Statements

	Health Care
	Immigration Spanish
	Affirming the Dignity of the Mentally Ill, Bishops' Statement on Mental Health (2/05)
	Education Choice, Parental Rights in Education  (10/98)
	Initiative Measure 416 Regarding Marriage -- Bishops' Press Release (9/15/00)
	Federal Marriage Amendment (Letter to US Senators)  (7/8/04)
	Pastoral Letter Regarding Project Rachel (1/01)
	Roe V. Wade, 25 Years of (1/98)
	Rural Life, Economic Hardships Affecting  (5/99)
	UNMC Fetal Tissue Use (12/2/99)

Capitol Correspondent - 2010

by James R. Cunningham:

• Hope for Better Conditions at Adjournment 01-15-10

Archived Capitol Correspondents 2006, 2007, 2008,2009

Current Issues and NCC Statements

• Campaign to End the Death Penalty (USCCB)

• Bishop Gregory Urges Support for the Federal Marriage Amendment (6/25/04)

• Nebraska Bishops Urge Support of FEDERAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT (7/9/04)

• Initiative Measure 416 Regarding Marriage  (9/15/00)

• Medical Treatment Decision-making (Updated 1/06)

• Rural Life, Economic Hardships Affecting  (or full Bishops' Statement)

• Same-Sex Marriage, The Debate About; USCCB Bishops' Statements (6/04)

• Supreme Court Decision-Carhart v. Stenberg (Partial Birth Abortion Ruling, 6/28/00)

• UNMC Fetal Tissue Research Press Release (12/2/99, or full Bishops' Statement)

Legislative Issues-2006

 Bills 2006

 NCC Testimony and Statements-Legislation for 2005-06 (Bills carried over to 2006 marked by *)

• Testimony in Support of LB 57*, 3/3/05 (Make Fetal Assault a Crime)

• Testimony in Opposition to 102*, 1/21/05 (Storm Water Taxation)

• Testimony in Support of LB 239*, 3/2/05 (Illegal Immigrant College Tuition Bill)

• Testimony for Increased Textbook Loan Funding, LB 425, 3/3/05

• Testimony in Support of LB 437*, 3/10/05 (Ban on Human Cloning) & 750*  (Ban Cloning of Human Embryos for Any Purpose and Delivery & Receiving for Research)

• Testimony for Amending LB 467*, 1/21/05  Highly Qualified Teacher Program Incentives

• Testimony in Support of LB 554*, 2/14/05 (Minimum Wage)

• Testimony in Opposition to LB 576* 3/2/05 (Repealing Sales Tax Exemptions and Definitions)

• Testimony in Opposition to LB 580*, 3/10/05 (Ban Implantation of Cloned Human Embryo, NOT cloning itself)

• Testimony in Support of LB 586*, 2/17/05 (Food Stamp)

• Testimony in Support of LB 598,* 2/4/05 (Substance Abuse Funding)

• Testimony in Support of LB 752*, 3/10/05 (Fetal Pain)

• Testimony in Support of 760*, 3/16/05 (Death Penalty)

Introduced in 2006:

• Testimony in Support of 769, 1/25/06 (Education Expense Tax Credit) (or see NFCSP testimony)

• Testimony in Support of 810, 1/25/06 (Earned Income Tax Credit)

• Testimony in Support of 944, 1/25/06 (Repeal ADC Child Exclusion)

• Testimony on LB 1248, 2/8/06 (Medicaid Reform)

Legislative Issues- 2004, 2005, 2006 Testimony and NCC Statements on Legislation