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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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Roberts Weighed In On Rights of Gov't Grantees

Aug 19, 2005 by Guest Blogger

From Today's Washington Post:

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A Challenge to Restrictions on Legal Services Programs: Dobbins v. Legal Services Corporation

Since 1996, the federal Legal Services Corporation (LSC), which funds legal services for the poor, has placed severe restrictions how its funds can be used, and extended these restrictions to private funds raised by legal services programs. In December 2001 four legal service programs in New York City, a private charity and pro bono attorney filed suit against the Legal Services Corporation challenging the constitutionality of restrictions. On December 20, 2004 the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York struck down application of the rule imposing the restrictions on private funding of legal aid groups. The judge denied the plaintiffs' challenge to the restrictions on direct LSC funding. The case, which has broad implications for the nonprofit sector, is under appeal.

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ACS and CAP Brown Bag on Church-State and Roberts

Aug 16, 2005 by Guest Blogger

WHAT:Church-State Issues and the Roberts Nomination WHO:American Constitution Society Center for American Progress Brown Bag Lunch Series WHERE:Wednesday, August 17, 2005, Noon-1:30pm 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

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Study Finds Little Oversight of Religious Content or Client Choice in Gov't-Funded Programs

An Urban Institute study of the Bush administration's Faith Based Initiative, found that, while many faith-based organizations (FBOs) are integral service providers, they often lack established benchmarks and have little oversight at the state, local and federal levels, regarding religious content and the ability of clients to choose an alternative provider.

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New Faith-Based STudy by Urban Institute

Aug 3, 2005 by Guest Blogger

A new study concludes that Bush administration efforts to expand faith-based contracting via targeted initiatives are changing the nature of social services supported directly with federal funds far more than has legislation passed in the mid-1990s. The study is the first in-depth look at the major block grant programs in the Department of Health and Human Services with legislated Charitable Choice provisions, as well as at discretionary programs funded under the Compassion Capital Fund (CCF).

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Bush To Encourage Corporate Giving to Faith-Based Orgs

Jul 26, 2005 by Guest Blogger

President Bush said he will hold a White House summit next spring to encourage corporations and foundations to give more money to churches and religious charities. Bush announced the summit as he met behind closed doors with 17 leaders of black churches and community groups -- a traditionally Democratic demographic that Republicans have been trying to persuade to switch alliances.

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Senate Seeks to Restore Funding

Jul 19, 2005 by Guest Blogger

The US Senate has restored many of the social service funding cuts originally sought by President George W. Bush and the House of Representatives, as legislative work continues on the 11 bills that make up this year's federal budget. The differences in the proposed spending -- which include programs under the Faith-Based and Community Initiative -- will have to be resolved in House-Senate conference committees before being sent to the President for final approval.

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Faith-Based Hearing Today in RHOB

Jun 21, 2005 by Guest Blogger

HOUSE GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE Faith-Based and Community Initiative Authorization Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources Subcommittee hearing on "Authorizing the President's Vision: Making Permanent The Faith-Based and Community Initiative - H.R.1054, the 'Tools for Community Initiatives Act.'" Witnesses: TBA Location: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building. 2 p.m. Contact: 202-225-5074 http://www.house.gov/reform

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Cuts Will Hurt Faith-Based and Community Groups

Jun 20, 2005 by Kay Guinane

The annual budget process is well underway, with appropriations committees in the House and Senate making conflicting decisions about funding social service programs. While the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to shift $7 billion from the defense budget to pay for domestic programs, the House is taking the opposite approach. The House subcommtitee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies approved buts in 49 programs to save $2.3 billion.

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Faith-Based and Community Groups Target of Scams

Jun 20, 2005 by Kay Guinane

The Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy reports that scam artists are defrauding small religious and community groups that want help applying for federal grants. See the full story in the Roundtable News

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