Several religious, civil rights, labor, education, health and advocacy organizations wrote a letter to express their opposition to the "Charitable Choice" provisions in the Watts-Hall bill, H.R. 7. OPPOSE THE "CHARITABLE CHOICE" PROVISIONS IN THE WATTS-HALL BILL, H.R. 7 April 11, 2001 Dear Representative:

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"I personally believe this scheme is a clear violation of the First Amendment..." House Majority Whip Tom DeLayQuoted in CQ Daily Monitor, June 23, 2000 (pg. 6) The House is quickly moving a "campaign finance reform" bill to address nonprofit "political" activities that is widely perceived as unconstitutional and would have significant impact on nonprofit organizations. In the span of roughly one week, there has been a hearing, a bill has been drafted and marked up -- H.R. 4717, the Full and Fair Political Activity Disclosure Act of 2000 -- and the House will vote on it. The speed

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