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At a Washington news conference on March 28, several prominent religious leaders said they are beginning a fast to seek God\u2019s help in fighting proposed budget cuts they believe are \u201cimmoral.\u201d Watch excerpts from the news conference with Ambassador Tony Hall, retired congressman and executive director of the Alliance to End Hunger; Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World; and Jim Wallis, president of Sojourners, and see R&amp;E managing editor Kim Lawton\u2019s follow-up interviews with Beckmann and Hall.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fwnet%2Freligionandethics%2Fepisodes%2Fby-topic%2Fprayer-and-fasting-campaign-on-budget-cuts%2F8471%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;font&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=35\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;width:450px;height:35px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interfaith coalition is launching a prayer and fasting campaign to protect federal funding for programs that help the poor. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2011\/03\/28\/prayer-and-fasting-campaign-on-budget-cuts\/8471\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":17319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[1965,3575,5764,5422,4236,6933,9487,1043,9629,1368,1229,8800,1401,6929,4864,3916,3821,4149,9628,1369,6940,1085,6164,1204,1201,985,4150,9486,6383,1402],"class_list":["post-8471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-bible","tag-budget","tag-charity","tag-churches","tag-congress","tag-david-beckmann","tag-deficit","tag-faith-based","tag-fast","tag-fasting","tag-federal","tag-fiscal","tag-food-aid","tag-food-insecurity","tag-god","tag-government","tag-government-spending","tag-house","tag-hr-1","tag-hunger","tag-hungry","tag-jim-wallis","tag-moral","tag-poor","tag-poverty","tag-prayer","tag-senate","tag-spending-cuts","tag-spiritual","tag-tony-hall","topics-culture-and-society"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Prayer and Fasting Campaign on Budget Cuts | March 28, 2011 | Religion &amp; 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