House chaplain pressured by Paul Ryan to step down rescinds his resignation – ThinkProgress
[ad_1] Rev. Patrick J. Conroy, the House chaplain who resigned after pressure from House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) last month, rescinded his resignation Thursday. Ryan has said the reason he pressured Conroy to resign was because he didn’t believe members were being “ adequately served .” “This was not about politics or prayers, it was about pastoral services. And a number of our members felt like the pastoral services were not being adequately served, or offered,” Ryan said at an event earlier this week. But Conroy pushed back against tha…
N.E.A. Chairwoman to Step Down in June
[ad_1] Photo In a statement announcing her departure, Jane Chu lauded the “effective and meaningful work” of the National Endowment for the Arts. Credit Charlotte Kesl for The New York Times Jane Chu, the chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Arts, announced that she would step down from her post in June, according to a statement released by the N.E.A. last week. Now, it will fall on Pre…
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