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Government Relations

Before the Vote. Before the Mandate. Before It Reaches Your Business.

CEA Action represents Christian employers before Congress, federal agencies, governors, and state legislatures. We track legislation, analyze its impact, engage policymakers, and advocate for the freedoms Christian employers need to operate according to their faith.

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Federal Bill Tracking Policy Briefs Key Votes BBI Intelligence Five Freedoms Policy Summit
How CEA Action Works

Track. Analyze. Engage. Influence.

Track

Federal Bill Tracking

Follow priority legislation affecting Christian employers across Congress and the states. Active monitoring identifies emerging threats before they reach the workplace.

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Analyze

Policy Briefs

Read CEA analysis on major economic, workforce, healthcare, and religious liberty issues. Every brief is grounded in the Five Freedoms framework.

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Engage

Key Votes

See where CEA is engaging before consequential votes. CEA communicates directly with congressional offices and state legislators at the moments that matter most.

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Influence

Move From Awareness to Action

Tracking legislation is useful. Changing the outcome is better.

CEA Action works to advance policies that protect Christian employer freedom and oppose policies that unnecessarily restrict it.

Know what is moving. Understand the impact. Engage while it still matters.

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Access That Changes Policy

CEA members in the room where decisions are made.

Government Relations in Action

We Do More Than Monitor. We Engage.

Real examples of CEA activity and results.

Oklahoma State Legislature

PBM Legislation

CEA engaged state lawmakers and the Governor's office regarding proposed PBM legislation and helped stop legislation CEA believed represented harmful government intervention.

Federal Agencies Regulatory Engagement

Religious Freedom Defense

CEA works alongside legal and policy teams to challenge agency actions that threaten Christian employers' religious freedom and operational autonomy.

Congress Legislative Engagement

Direct Congressional Outreach

CEA communicates directly with congressional offices on priority legislation and Key Votes affecting Christian employers.

State Legislatures Policy Monitoring

Early Warning Engagement

CEA monitors developing policy trends and engages before proposals spread nationally.

Examples are updated as CEA engagement activity is finalized. Contact CEA to report a policy issue affecting your organization.

The Case for Collective Action

Why CEA Instead of Going It Alone?

Going It Alone

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    Limited visibility into legislation across all 50 states

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    Reactive response after a bill or regulation advances

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    High cost of outside lobbying and policy consultants

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    Limited ability to influence national policy

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    No dedicated Christian employer policy framework

With CEA

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    National legislative monitoring

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    Early warning on emerging threats

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    Direct engagement with policymakers

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    Policy analysis through the Five Freedoms

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    Collective representation of Christian employers

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    Government relations, legal, and policy expertise working together

A Collective Voice

One Employer Can Be Ignored. A National Alliance Is Harder to Ignore.

CEA represents Christian employers across industries and across all 50 states.

That collective voice gives policymakers something individual employers often cannot create alone: scale, credibility, and a national constituency.

30,000+

Christian Business Leaders

50

States

500+

Member Organizations

Multi-Industry

Representation

Two Christian business leaders in serious conversation at the CEA Policy Summit, with a large American flag in the background.

CEA Members on Capitol Hill

Christian employers showing up, speaking up, and being heard.

Policy Issues

Have a Policy Issue Affecting Your Organization?

If a law, regulation, agency action, or emerging policy threatens your ability to operate according to your faith, CEA wants to know about it.

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The Policy Framework

One Framework for Every Policy Fight.

CEA Action's advocacy is grounded in the Five Freedoms of Christian employers. Every bill tracked, every vote analyzed, every engagement pursued is evaluated against this framework.

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First Freedom

Religious liberty and conscience

2

Economic Freedom

Stewardship, capital, and economic opportunity

3

Healthcare Freedom

Conscience, affordability, competition, and choice

4

Workforce Freedom

Voluntary employment relationships and employer flexibility

5

Operational Freedom

Freedom from disproportionate regulatory and compliance burdens

Put CEA at the Table

Your Business Should Have a Voice Where Decisions Are Made.

CEA gives Christian employers access to the policy intelligence, government relationships, and advocacy infrastructure needed to defend employer freedom before problems reach the workplace.

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CEA is the national voice of Christian employers in government.