Nonprofit Lobbying Rights

Feb 8, 2016

Top 400 Taxpayers See Tax Rates Rise, But There’s More to the Story

As Americans were gathering party supplies to greet the New Year, the Internal Revenue Service released their annual report of cumulative tax data reported on the 400 tax r...

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Feb 4, 2016

Chlorine Bleach Plants Needlessly Endanger 63 Million Americans

Chlorine bleach plants across the U.S. put millions of Americans in danger of a chlorine gas release, a substance so toxic it has been used as a chemical weapon. Greenpeace’s new repo...

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Jan 25, 2016

U.S. Industrial Facilities Reported Fewer Toxic Releases in 2014

The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data for 2014 is now available. The good news: total toxic releases by reporting facilities decreased by nearly six percent from 2013 levels. Howe...

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Jan 22, 2016

Methane Causes Climate Change. Here's How the President Plans to Cut Emissions by 40-45 Percent.

UPDATE (Jan. 22, 2016): Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its proposed rule to reduce methane emissions...

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Oral Argument in Dobbins Case Yesterday

Nov 3, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard oral argument in Velazquez v. Legal Services Corporation (LSC), a lawsuit brought by three New York nonprofit organizations that provide free legal representation to low-income people. Burt Neuborne of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, appearing for the legal services organizations, urged the court to uphold a lower court ruling that had declared that the government imposed unconstitutional restrictions on the ability of the organizations to use their own non-federal funds.

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Future of GSE bill Uncertain After Passage in the House

Oct 31, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Good AP story on the future of the GSE bill.

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Grassley Talks About Nonprofit Accountability at IS Conferen

Oct 25, 2005 by Guest Blogger

From BNA(subscription required) Charitable sector reforms and incentives are likely to move piecemeal and, like a package of tax incentives to aid disaster reconstruction in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, may be attached to the tax reconciliation package to be taken up in the Senate, Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) said Oct. 24.

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Rep. McCollum's Press Release in Opposition to Nonprofit Gag

Oct 25, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Rep. McCollum on the Nonprofit Gag Provision - REP. MCCOLLUM ANNOUNCES STRONG OPPOSITION TO REPUBLICAN EFFORT TO GAG AFFORDABLE HOUSING NONPROFITS

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Reuters Article on GSE Bill

Oct 25, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) has said that he will vote against the GSE bill if the ant-advocacy provisions are not stripped out. For the scoop...

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Take Action to Stop Nonprofit Gag Provision!

Oct 25, 2005 by Amanda Adams*

NONPROFIT GAG PROVISION TO REACH THE HOUSE FLOOR OCT. 26 href="/gseresourcecenter"> title="/gseresourcecenter">New Analyses Released Today at Resource Center Help stop a stealth attack on advocacy! There will be an attempt to insert an anti-advocacy provision into H.R. 1461, the Housing Finance Reform Act on the House floor Oct 26. Act now to help kill the provision! The provision would disqualify nonprofits from receiving money from a new affordable housing fund if they have engaged in voter registration and other nonpartisan voter participation activities or

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Great Article on Nonprofit Gag Provision in GSE Bill

Oct 25, 2005 by Guest Blogger

An article by Bill Faith, Executive Director of the Coalition on Homelessness & Housing in Ohio - which explains the effect the provision will have on voters in Ohio.

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Washington Post Article on GSE Bill

Oct 25, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Washington Post article on the anti-advocacy provision in the GSE bill. For more information, visit OMB Watch's Resource Center on the GSE bill

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Oral Argument 11/2 in Legal Aid Challenge to Restrictions

Oct 21, 2005 by Kay Guinane

Notice From the Brennan Center for Justice: *ANNOUNCEMENT* Oral argument in Velazquez v. Legal Services Corporation will take place before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on November 2, 2005 at 10:00 AM. The central issue will be whether the trial court was correct to issue a preliminary injunction barring LSC from enforcing its physical separation requirement against three New York City-based legal services programs. All are welcome to attend the argument, which will be held in lower Manhattan at the U.S. Courthouse, 40 Centre St., Room 1705.

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News Advisory: Nonprofit Gag Provision Proposed for GSE Bill

Oct 18, 2005 by Amanda Adams*

*MEDIA ADVISORY* News Conference Wednesday, October 19, 2005 For more information contact: Amrit Dhillon, National Low Income Housing Coalition (202) 662-1530 x222 amrit@nlihc.org NEWS CONFERENCE ON HOUSE LEADERSHIP PLAN TO RESTRICT LOW INCOME VOTER PARTICIPATION AS CONDITION OF NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING GRANT PROGRAM Affordable Housing Fund provision in GSE Bill includes language restricting voter registration WHAT: A coalition of national organizations concerned with housing, community development, people who are elderly or disabled, child welfare, civil rights, voter

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