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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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Katrina Tax Legislation Deal Reached

Sep 21, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Top House and Senate tax writers Sept. 20 reached a deal on a package of tax incentives (H.R. 3768) intended to help provide the victims of Hurricane Katrina cash, housing, and employment. Senate aides said the measure would be on the floor Sept. 21. A House Ways and Means Committee news release also said a floor vote would occur Sept. 21. There are charitable contribution provisions in both the House and Senate bills. Find out more about here.

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Intefaith Alliance On the Religous Discrimination Amdt

Sep 21, 2005 by Guest Blogger

From Interfaith Alliance: Today, The Interfaith Alliance alerted its members to an amendment to a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Head Start program that would allow government -funded Head Start providers to exercise religious discrimination in choosing teachers and volunteers. The School Readiness Act (H.R. 2123), is expected to be voted on by the full House of Representatives as soon as this Wednesday, September 21. Yesterday, the Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, president of The Interfaith Alliance, briefed Members of Congress and their staffs on the threats

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Justice Department Documents Illustrate Need for More Disclosure on LDA Enforcement

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently released compliance information for the first time in the 10-year history of the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA). The information reveals that it has pursued only 13 violations out of approximately 200 referrals in the past two years. Recent legislation introduced by Reps. Marty Meehan (D-MA) and Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) in the House and Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) in the Senate calls for lobbyists to file quarterly lobbying statements and would require disclosure and regulation of grass-roots activity.

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Nonprofits and Katrina

The nonprofit sector has really stepped up to the plate in responding to the crises left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Now the federal government is responding with laws and regulations that will assist nonprofits providing relief in the Gulf Coast.

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Gag Orders Lifted; Judge Tells FBI It Can No Longer Silence Discussion of PATRIOT Act

In a victory for First Amendment advocates, a federal judge lifted a gag order on a Connecticut library from whom the FBI demanded patrons' records, allowing them to discuss openly their experience and participate in the broader debate about the PATRIOT Act. The judge issued a preliminary injunction against the government, barring it from enforcing gag orders on recipients of certain orders called National Security Letters (NSL), created under the PATRIOT Act.

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OMB Watch Urges Charities to Comment on Proposed FEC Rule

The ability of nonprofits to use broadcast media for advocacy and to encourage citizen participation in public policy debates could be severely limited by proposed rules meant to regulate federal campaign finance. The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is reviewing rules that exempt unpaid broadcasts and 501(c)(3) organizations from a provision meant to limit campaign attack ads funded with soft money. The review is the result of a court case challenging a host of regulations implementing the Bipartisan Campaign Act of 2002 (BCRA).

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Tides Report Gauges Direction of Progressive Movement

Sep 16, 2005 by Guest Blogger

The Tides Foundation has released results of a survey it conducted of its 2004 grantees and Tides Center projects to gauge the current direction of the progressive movement. The report covers a number of themes, including what groups are doing and/or how they feel about things like electoral participation, messaging, and cross-field collaboration. 463 organizations participated in the survey. The report is here.

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IRS Katrina Guidance

Sep 16, 2005 by Guest Blogger

From the IRS website: Citizens seeking to make donations to help Hurricane Katrina victims should seek out qualified charities, the Internal Revenue Service said today. People who have a specific charity in mind can make sure that it is a qualified charity by searching an IRS-approved list available on the IRS Web site. IRS.gov has an on-line href="http://apps.irs.gov/app/pub78">search feature that allows people to find qualified charities. Some organizations, such as churches and governments, may be qualified even though they are not listed.

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Form Used by Nonprofits to Report Vehicle Donations Availabl

Sep 16, 2005 by Guest Blogger

IRS Form 1098-C, used by tax-exempt organizations to report contributions of qualified vehicles, is now available. Further href="/charities/article/0,,id=139579,00.html">information about donations of motor vehicles, boats and airplanes, including links to the new form and IRS guidance, can be found on the IRS website.

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GOP Agenda for New Orleans

Sep 15, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Cong. GOPers, backed by the WH, "are using relief measures" for Katrina to "achieve a broad range of conservative economic and social policies, both in the storm zone and beyond." They are working on legislation: 1) to limit victims' rights to sue; 2) offer vouchers for displaced school children; 3) lift environmental restrictions; 4) create "tax-advantaged enterprise zones" to "maximize private-sector participation in recovery and reconstruction." Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN): "The desire to bring conservative, free-market ideas to the Gulf Coast is white hot. We want to turn the

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