California Senate bill 323, the “Youth Equality Act” (Sen. Lara), seeks to punish the Boy Scouts and other “discriminatory” youth-serving organizations by stripping away their…
An advisory commission of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability two weeks ago released recommendations for reforming the ban on electioneering by churches and other 501(c)(3) organizations. It ought to be up to the organizations themselves to decide whether to speak about candidates, the advisory group decided.
Some lawmakers see the charitable deduction as a benefit to taxpayers, and argue that donors must sacrifice along with everyone else, in the interest of tax reform. However, no taxpayer benefits financially by giving money away.
A new coalition just forming, tentatively called the “faith in giving” coalition, has formed to protect the charitable deduction.
The federal government has proposed an extensive revision of the regulations that govern the Combined Federal Campaign-the program that facilitates donations to charities by federal…
New regulations for the Combined Federal Campaign have now been officially proposed in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and comments can be submitted through June…
On April 5, President Obama issued Executive Order 13640, continuing for another two years the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. No word…
If Congress decides that the best way to fight HIV/AIDS overseas is to work to reduce risky sexual behavior, not just to provide treatment to…
President Obama’s budget for FY 2014 is to be released tomorrow. Until it is, only speculation about its content is possible. But it is almost…
Thanks to the federal government’s continuing huge debt crisis and the deep polarization about solutions (mainly more revenues vs. mainly less spending), Washington policymakers keep…