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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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Keeping Track of Faith-Based Money

Jan 24, 2005 by Guest Blogger

An interesting article on the religion and social policy website regarding where faith-based money is going.

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Florida Recieves $67 Million in Faith-Based Money

Jan 14, 2005 by Guest Blogger

There was an article a couple weeks ago in a Florida paper that detailed the amount of faith-based money Florida is to receieve, as well as where it is going. The real story here is that there is no new money going to Florida. There is an increasing number of faith-based and secular nonprofits all vying for the same small pot of money. Check out the article.

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EPA Asked to Delay Survey Pending Larger Grant Streamlining Effort

OMB Watch has filed comments with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asking that they not move forward with a proposed pre-qualification process for grant applicants until they coordinate the effort with other agencies.

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Text of OMB Watch Comments to EPA on Proposed Grant Pre-Qualification Survey

Comments on General Administrative Requirements for Assistance Programs: EPA Administrative Capability Questionnaire EPA ICR Number 0938.10, OMB Control Number 2030-0020 Docket ID Number OARM-2004-0001 January 3, 2005 By Kay Guinane, Counsel, Nonprofit Advocacy Introduction

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Pres. Bush Pushing Faith-Based Initiative

Jan 12, 2005 by Guest Blogger

In a recent Washington Times article, President Bush discussed his plans to expand the Faith-Based Initiative. Click here to read the story.

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Nothing For Free

Jan 11, 2005 by Guest Blogger

The terrible crisis in Southeast Asia has created an outpouring of money into the countries to try to rebuild their infrastructure, feed orphans, and restore the water supply, among many other things. One thing the peoples of Southeast Asia probably did not count on is the fact that some of the money is delivered with missionary zeal. They are focused on humaritarian aid, but always looking for the opportunity to convert individuals. As Rev. Billy Graham II says, "I hope they get to know my God". Click here for an article from the Baltimore Sun.

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Administration Will Step Up Faith-Based Efforts

Despite budget cuts for social service programs, Jim Towey, director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives told a recent Pew Charitable Trusts conference on religion and social policy that the administration will push its faith-based agenda in the 109th Congress.

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Pew Conference Transcripts

Dec 15, 2004 by Guest Blogger

The Pew Foundation held its annual forum on the Faith Based Initiative on Thursday, December 9. For the transcripts from that event, visit the Religion and Social Policy website.

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AU Sues to Block Funding for California Missions

On Dec. 2, Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU) filed a lawsuit in federal court to block taxpayer funding for restoration of mission churches in California. The suit charges that the recently passed “California Missions Preservation Act” is tantamount to taxpayer-supported religion. The bill, signed by President Bush on Nov. 30, requires the Secretary of the Interior, currently Gale Norton, to make grants of up to $10 million to the California Missions Foundation to repair the missions and their artifacts. Many of these artifacts are religious symbols and artwork.

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Watch! Conference on Faith-Based Programs

Dec 13, 2004 by Guest Blogger

In Washington, DC, on December 9, the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government held a conference on "2005 & Beyond: Next Steps for Faith-Based Social Services." Part one, “State of the Law 2004” features Ira Lupu, Professor at The George Washington University Law School, and Robert Tuttle, Professor at The George Washington University Law School. Part two “2005 and Beyond: Next Steps for Faith-Based Social Services” features James Towey, White House Deputy Assistant to the President, and Director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, and Representative Chet Edwards(D-TX), and Stanley Carlson-Thies from The Center for Public Justice. Part three “The Public View of Faith” features Jason DeParle from The New York Times, Barbara Bradley Hagerty from NPR, and Adelle Banks from the Religion News Service, and Alan Cooperman from the Washington Post. Watch the conference!

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