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		<title>Arizona bishops call on state legislature to withdraw immigration bills</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2010/03/08/arizona-bishops-call-on-state-legislature-to-withdraw-immigration-bills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arizona bishops are calling state legislators to &#8220;keep in mind the most vulnerable among us&#8221; when considering new laws. The Arizona Catholic Conference, the Arizona bishops&#8217; public policy arm,  issued a statement earlier today asking the state legislature to reconsider SB 1070 and HB 2632, identical bills that would require local police to enforce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACC: &#8216;Positive movement on many bills&#8217; in the Arizona Legislature</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House Ways and Means Committee approved legislation that would extend the deadline for making contributions to school tuition organizations, the Arizona Catholic Conference reported today. The legislation, HB 2496, would extend the deadline to April 15 of the following year, giving Arizona taxpayers more time to contribute to tuition credit programs like the Catholic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona legislature making progress on Catholic school-related education, ACC reports</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Arizona Catholic Conference, the policy wing of the state&#8217;s three dioceses: The Catholic Schools Rally was a huge success at the Capitol [Feb. 3]. Despite predictions of rain, the weather was perfect and the large crowd of Catholic students, teachers, and parents were treated to a great day of fun and learning. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slow movement on state budget, Governor says &#8216;No&#8217; to Planned Parenthood</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 14:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ARIZONA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE From Ron Johnson, executive director of the ACC Despite the fact that the House Appropriations Committee approved some budget bills this week, it appears that a final budget is far from being completed.  Complicating the situation in Arizona is the fact that our approximately $3 billion deficit is the second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brewer restores funding for abstinence and homeless programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona Catholic Conference Legislative Update From Ron Johnson, executive director Popular programs aimed at promoting abstinence until marriage received great news today when Governor Jan Brewer announced that she was going to restore the federal dollars previously received but turned down by Governor Napolitano for these purposes! While the future of federal abstinence until marriage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A banner day at the House</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2009/03/12/a-banner-day-at-the-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Arizona Catholic Conference, the public policy agency for the Dioceses of Gallup, Phoenix and Tucson. It was a banner day at the House of Representatives yesterday as four important bills either initiated or supported by the Arizona Catholic Conference (ACC) were passed out of this chamber. At the top of the list was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support important pro-life and conscience bill in Arizona</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2009/03/09/support-important-pro-life-and-conscience-bill-in-arizona/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Urge House Members to Vote Yes on HB 2564 From the Arizona Catholic Conference, the public policy agency for the Dioceses of Gallup, Phoenix and Tucson. The most important pro-life bill (HB 2564) in decades is about to receive a vote on the floor of the Arizona House of Representatives very soon. Please take a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008 Voters&#8217; Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2008/10/03/2008-voters-guide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arizona Catholic Conference and The Catholic Sun have released the 2008 Voters&#8217; Guide &#8212; an important educational tool providing unbiased information on the upcoming elections. In June, candidates running for office (U.S. House of Representatives, the Corporation Commission, and the Arizona State Senate and House of Representatives) were presented with a series of 13 statements and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voter&#8217;s guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arizona Catholic Conference just released its 2008 Voter’s Guide for the upcoming primary election, available online. The guide reports how candidates in the Sept. 2 primary election stand on issues like tax credits for school, creating a temporary guest worker program and pro-life issues. “The ACC Voter’s Guide is an excellent source of information [...]]]></description>
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