Elections 2012
In budget debate, candidates offer wide contrast in spending priorities
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Determining what to spend taxpayer money on is being scrutinized this presidential election cycle perhaps more closely than in elections past even as the overriding concerns are jobs and building a robust economy. Is government too big or does government contribute to the common good? Should taxes be raised for the highest […]
Presidential candidates on opposite sides of the abortion issue
WASHINGTON (CNS) — At the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., the differences on abortion between President Barack Obama and his Republican presidential opponent, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, were clear. Speeches in prime time on successive nights touted the president's support for keeping abortion legal, and videos praised his stands on “reproductive choice” and […]
Religious freedom at home and abroad an election-year issue for many
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Over the past several months, the U.S. Catholic bishops and other religious leaders have urged Americans to defend religious liberty in the United States in the face of what they see as threats to that freedom. And the issue continues to gain momentum as the November election draws near. It has been […]