There are donations of food and medicine for Lebanon, but charity leaders are finding that no one wants to give them money. Why? From the Washington Post: The problem, according to relief groups, is that many people who are inclined to write checks for emergency aid and reconstruction in Lebanon are afraid of ending up in some government database of suspected supporters of terrorism. [...]

The House Joint Committee on Taxation has released a detailed summary of the Pension Bill. The charitable provisions begin on page 263.

From National Journal's Earlybird: Congress passed major pension legislation designed to assure American workers, including millions of baby boomers nearing the end of their working careers, that the pensions they have been promised will be there when they retire," AP reports. "The Senate, in its last vote before adjourning for a four-week summer break, approved the 900-page bill that compels employers with defined-benefit pension plans to meet their funding obligations and seeks to prevent companies from terminating plans and shifting the financial burden to the taxpayer."