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"Human Infrastructure"
The President signed into law the long-awaited Jobs and Infrastructure bill. This paves the way for movement in the Senate on the now House-passed Build Back Better budget reconciliation package with investments of $1.75 trillion in “human infrastructure.”
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Policy NOTES

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Housing in Federal Budget
As this fiscal year continues with ‘flat level funding’ and no formal budget in place, certain programs, notably housing and homeless assistance programs, will begin to experience constraints on existing vouchers due to rising inflation, housing costs and contract prices.

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Climate Risks
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP26) accomplished a key objective for completing the Paris Agreement rulebook by issuing the Covered Decision, which maintains the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C.

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Cuba Policy
With advocacy partners, our advocacy is encouraging an appeal to President Biden urging him to implement a U.S. policy towards Cuba that addresses Cuban humanitarian and economic crisis and restores a policy of engagement between our two countries.

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Immigration Policy Provisions 
The House-passed version of the Build Back Better Act includes important immigration provisions. One part of the bill looks to recapture unused visa applications and improve processing, helping immigrant families and American employees.

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Action Alerts

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*NEW* ASK CONGRESS TO PASS THE AFGHAN ADJUSTMENT ACT
The stability and security of Afghan nationals admitted to the United States during evacuation operations is unsettled, and an Afghan Adjustment Act would help avoid additional hardship for themselves and their families. Use the LIRS Action Alert to promote its passage.

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*NEW* TAKE ACTION TO HELP END HIV AND AIDS TODAY 
On December 1, we joined our global ecumenical, interfaith and civic partners in observing World AIDS Day. It is a time to be mindful of our siblings who have been impacted by HIV and AIDS, and to take meaningful action to reduce this plight worldwide.

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THANK YOU!
The ELCA Advocacy Network has been active in 2021 – through many hundreds of messages reaching policy makers using Action Alerts and in myriad ways in your own localities. Together, we achieve things on a scale and scope that we could never do otherwise – thank you!

 

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God is calling us into the world to serve together. Share the opportunity to connect our faith-based voices with policy decisions prioritized through ELCA social teaching and the shared experiences of the ELCA and its ministries with tools from the ELCA Advocacy Network - ELCA.org/ advocacy/signup.

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Dates of Note

Dec 18
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY 
ELCA staff members Giovana Oaxaca and Ryan Cumming discuss migration and immigration policy in a new ELCA World Hunger podcast. 

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April 25-17
ECUMENICAL ADVOCACY DAYS 
Save the date for the virtual conference, themed “Fierce Urgency: Advancing Civil & Human Rights." The ELCA is an Ecumenical Advocacy Days sponsor.