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NEWS
PBS
Budget Prayer Vigil (7/28/2011)
 Huffington Post
Religious Leaders Arrested at Capitol for Budget Protest (7/28/2011)
Religious Leaders Pray for a 'Just and Compassionate Budget' (7/27/2011)
Obama Prays with Pastors Who Tell Him to Protect the Poor (7/21/2011)
Time
Religious Leaders Storm the Hill (7/28/2011)
The Washington Post
Charges Dropped Against Clergy who Prayed in the Capitol (10/13/2011)
Religious Leaders Protesting Budget Cuts Arrested in Capitol (7/28/2011)
At United Methodist Building, a Meeting of Prayer and Politics (7/22/2011)
Boston Globe
Religious Leaders Arrested in Capitol (7/28/2011)
Reuters
Religious Groups Set Prayer Vigil for U.S. Debt Deal(7/26/2011)
U.S. Religious Leaders Urge Moral Solution to Debt Talks (7/14/2011)
Health Consumers Make Deficit Fight Personal (10/4/11)
The Politico
Religious Activists Arrested in Capitol Rotunda (7/28/2011)
Debate Turns 'Scary' on Debt: Veto threats, weekend work loom as Congress still has no endgame. By David Rogers. (7/19/2011)
The Hill
Eleven Arrested After Sit-in Against Budget Cuts (7/28/2011)
New York Times
Clergymen Were Arrested for Protesting 'Immoral' Budget Cuts (screen shot courtesy of Jeff Bridges) (7/28/2011)
Roll Call
Front Page Screenshot (7/28/2011)
USA Today
Capitol Hill Gets a Little Spiritual Help for Debt Talks (7/15/2011)
ABC News
Faith Leaders Arrested in U.S. Capitol During Protest (7/28/2011)
Christianity Today
Obama Meets with Christian Leaders over Budget (7/21/2011)
Christian Post
Church Leader Urges Christians to Lend Moral Guidance to Occupy Wall Street Protestors (10/12/11)
The Telegraph
US Debt Crisis: Americans Pray for a Resolution (7/26/2011)
CNN
Citizen Outrage Toward Capitol Hill (7/26/2011)
The Portland Press Herald
Pingree, Religious Leaders to Wage Protest Over Boehner Debt Bill (7/28/2011)
Mennonite Weekly
Anabaptist Leaders Advocate for Poor in Debt Debate (8/8/2011)
Ahlul Bayt News Agency
US Muslims, Jews, & Christians Launch Campaign to Defend Poor from Budget Cuts (7/20/2011)
FAITH COALITION NEWS
Click here to read about the Interfaith 11's day in court on October 10, 2011.
Click here to see the coaltion's media advisory about the religious leaders who came to D.C. July 26th to pray and ask Congress for a faithful budget, and deliver their letter to Congress and Obama. Click here for the coalition's media release about the Faithful Budget Campaign in general. July 28, 11 relgious leaders went to the center of the rotunda, knelt, and prayed until they were arrested. Find photos of the Interfaith 11 here. Click here to read about the campaign's next steps after the July debt ceiling deal was done.
Bread for the World
Religious Leaders Meet with President and Ask Him to Form a "Circle of Protection" Around Programs for Those in Need
Church of the Brethren
Interfaith Coalition Says Houses of Worship Cannot Cover Cuts to Poverty Programs
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
ELCA members pray for a just, compassionate federal budget
Faith in Public Life
FLP Executive Director Arrested in Capitol Protesting Cuts to Poor and Vulnerable
Islamic Society of North America
ISNA Unites with Interfaith Leaders to Protect Federal Funding for Poverty Assistance.
National Council of Churches Press Releases
Prominent Christians, Jews, Muslims Unite to Protect Poverty Assistance.
Religious Leaders Meet with President and Ask Him to Form a "Circle of Protection" Around the Most Vulnerable.
Religious Leaders Say Obama Understands that Budget Cuts Must Not Remove Support for the "Least of These."
NCC's Livingston, Blevins Among Faith Leaders Arrested in Capitol Protest to Protect the Poor
The "Rotunda 11," religious leaders arrested for praying in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, had their day in court today.
NETWORK Catholic Social Justice Lobby
Campaign Launched to Address Extreme Wealth Gap in the United States
Presbyterian Church USA
The Reverend J. Herbert Nelson is Arrested in Protest Over Debt Ceiling Negotiations
Presbyterians Promote Compassion, Peace, and Justice
United Church of Christ
Faith Leaders Arrested in Capitol Hill Protest to Protect Nation's Most Vulnerable Persons
Interfaith Leaders Urge Protection of Federal Poverty Assistance
Interfaith Prayer Vigils for a Faithful Budget
United Methodist Church
Word from Winkler: An Act of Civil Disobedience
Prayer Vigils for "Faithful Budget"
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