While House and Senate negotiators are beginning to advance must-pass export tax repeal legislation (H.R. 4520, S. 1637 ), some lawmakers are beating down doors to slip legislation harmful to nonprofits into the bill by the backdoor -- a bill that would allow church electioneering.

Low turnout among young voters is often ascribed to apathy, but part of the problem is the barriers young people face when casting ballots or trying to work at the polls. Nonprofits can help remove these barriers. In many states, to register to vote, you must establish a "fixed and permanent" address. Yet many young people's "fixed and permanent" address is miles away from where they spend eight months of each year. College residence generally does not qualify as "fixed and permanent" for purposes of voting, since it does not demonstrate intent to establish residency.

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On September 1, President Bush and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) filed a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to force FEC action on a complaint the Bush campaign had filed last March against Democratic leaning independent political committees. Based on their announcement August 26, Trevor Potter, a campaign reform advocate and former FEC chairman, said he had anticipated the two would file a second suit as well seeking to force stricter regulation of all independent political committees, but they did not.