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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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Santorum Amendment Encourages Relief for Charitable Giving

On March 1, Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) introduced an amendment to the 2006 Senate Budget Resolution. The amendment, a "Sense of the Senate" about charitable giving, notes the bipartisan popularity of the 2003 Charity Aid, Relief and Empowerment Act (CARE Act). The amendment passed by unanimous consent.

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FEC Seeks Comment on Internet Regulation

Under orders from a federal court to reconsider its exemption of Internet communications from campaign finance regulations, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) proposed new rules on March 24, seeking public comment on a variety of issues. The proposed rules, which provide more questions than answers, were preceded by an outcry from bloggers, members of Congress and others concerned about possible over-regulation of Internet political activity. Comments are due in late May and a public hearing will be held in later June.

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Membership Group Created to Help Islamic Charities

Apr 4, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Interesting article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy regarding financial and governmental accountability for Muslim charities. To help promote charitable giving by Muslim Americans and other donors, a group of nonprofit organizations are forming a membership association that will set financial and governance standards for Islamic charities. For the full scoop

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Post Story About GOP and Assocations

Apr 1, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Fortune 500 companies that invested millions of dollars in electing Republicans are emerging as the earliest beneficiaries of a government controlled by President Bush and the largest GOP House and Senate majority in a half century. For the full story

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More Details on Sen. Finance Accountability Hearing

Mar 30, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Senate Finance Committee To Hold Hearing On Charities On Tuesday, April 5, 2005 On Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at 10:00 am EST, the Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Charities and Charitable Giving: Proposals for Reform.” The hearing will take place in Room 628 Dirksen Senate Office Building. The following witnesses are scheduled to testify: The Honorable Mark Everson, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service George K. Yin, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Taxation Leon Panetta, Director, Panetta Institute for Public Policy

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Op-Ed: The Ideological Shift in the Republican Party

Mar 30, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Great op-ed in the New York Times by former Sen. Danforth (R-MS) regarding how ideology plays a role in the changing of the Republican Party.

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GAO To Investigate Maggie Gallagher Contract With HHS

Mar 28, 2005 by Guest Blogger

The Government Accountability Office will investigate whether the Bush administration broke the law when it paid a syndicated columnist to help its pro-marriage efforts. Click here for the full story. Also, check out a Watcher article on the Maggie Gallagher case.

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As States Tighten Belts, Will Have Impact on Charities

Mar 28, 2005 by Guest Blogger

The Chronicle of Philanthropy has a great article about the tightening of budgets in states across the nation and the impact this is going to have on charities. As states draft their budgets for the 2006 fiscal year, the battles taking shape have a distinctly different tenor from those in the last several years, when deficits forced many state legislatures to make deep cuts in or eliminate programs that subsidize charities and the people they serve. Get the full scoop...(subcription required)

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Ideology Basis for Bush Administration Decisions

Mar 25, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Check out an article by OMB Watch's Gary Bass and Adam Hughes on how ideology is the basis for Bush administration budget decisions.

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New Lobby Disclosure Laws Dropped by Doggett

Mar 24, 2005 by Kay Guinane

Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) introduced two bills on lobby disclosure last week. Here are the links: H.R. 1304, which ammends the IRS code to require certain lobby disclosures H.R. 1302 to amend the Lobby Disclosure Act to require certain lobby disclosures.

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