Jesuit Father Patrick Conroy, chaplain for the U.S. House of Representatives who said he had been forced to resign, was reinstated to his post by House Speaker Paul Ryan May 3.
Speaker Paul Ryan gives House chaplain his job back
Ryan visits Texas Catholic agency to see solutions to poverty firsthand
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, has been studying poverty at the federal level from Washington, but he took a few hours to learn what poverty looks like on the front lines with a visit to Catholic Charities Fort Worth April 3.
Tax bill passes amid concerns about future effects on poor
Republican lawmakers joined President Donald Trump in cheering passage of the most significant overhaul of the federal tax system in three decades even as the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee called on the president to work with Congress to fix “unacceptable problems” in the law.
Health care law: uncertain outcome after multiple diagnoses
On Oct. 20, there had still been no word on when the bill — which also aims to provide states flexibility to skirt some requirements of the health care law — might come to the Senate floor for a vote.
Prelate hopes Republican plan will be start of new conversation on poverty
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A new plan to fight poverty announced by House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and House Republicans June 7 is a good start, […]
Ryan says he was ‘wrong’ about views on poor in latest talk at Georgetown
WASHINGTON (CNS) — House Speaker Paul Ryan apologized for his earlier criticism of recipients of government benefits as “takers and makers,” and said Republicans strive for […]