Instead of questioning the wisdom of the tax cut enacted last summer or proposing to delay its implementation until support for key domestic investments is provided -- which is what should be done -- we now have to weigh an acknowledged valuable tax break, the non-itemizer deduction, against vitally needed federal programs.

The proposal calls for eliminating two successful community technology programs -- one at the Department of Commerce, the other at the Department of Education -- and increasing a HUD program that allows funds to be used for community technology programs but does not require it.

The nonprofit sector plays a key role in our society today. In partnership with government, nonprofit organizations are engaged in service delivery, research, educating the public, and much more -- in general, they work to build a better world, at home and abroad. People across the country use nonprofit organizations to learn more about key issues of the day, and to link up with other citizens to create a more powerful voice. Nonprofit organizations themselves also speak to policy-makers and the public on behalf of the people they serve. Advocacy by the nonprofit sector has

From "Handcuffing America's Charities." EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On August 4, 1995, the House of Representatives passed the Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations bill for FY 1996 with a provision by Representatives Ernest Istook (R-OK), David McIntosh (R-IN), and Robert Ehrlich (R-MD) that would limit the advocacy voice of federal grantees and impose significant new paperwork burdens. That provision, called the Istook Amendment, was modified and offered as an amendment during a House-Senate conference on another spending bill, the Treasury, Postal Service, and General