"Nonprofits Fight Terror Guidelines"

Oct 13, 2006 by Amanda Adams*

This Wall Street Journal article summarizes the work of OMB Watch and others who have responded to the Treasury's revised Anti-terrorist Financing Guidelines. As OMB Watch has noted in it's analysis, the Treasury has moved or modified certain language, while the main focus of the guidelines is maintained. OMB Watch's commentary on the latest revision says the information-collection recommendations remain "burdensome and unrealistic." Charities also argue that certain federal agencies have begun referencing the guidelines in discussions with nonprofits as if they had the force of law.

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Report Summarizes Priorities of Nonprofits

Oct 13, 2006 by Amanda Adams*

The Nonprofit Congress, an initiative of the National Council of Nonprofit Associations (NCNA) has put out "Voices from the Field: The National Meeting Briefing Book", which summarizes the priorities of nonprofits. Six key priorities of nonprofits are outlined, which include; Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness; Nonprofit Collaboration; Advocacy and Grassroots Community Activities; Partnerships with Government and Business; Public Awareness and Support of the Nonprofit Sector; and Social Change.

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Nonprofits Used to Further Abramoff Lobbying

Oct 13, 2006 by Amanda Adams*

The minority staff of the Senate Finance Committee released a report yesterday detailing how five nonprofits have put their tax exempt status at risk in their dealings with lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

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The FY 2007 DoD Approps Bill, Deconstructed

Oct 13, 2006 by Matthew Madia

In a brilliant analysis of the FY 2007 DoD appropriations bill, Winslow T. Wheeler, Director at the Straus Military Reform Project of the Center for Defense Information based in Washington, D.C., exposes the bill's budget gimmicks, misleading program labeling, and meaningless dollar figures. The lead-in for Wheeler's article:

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Lower Deficit=Eroding Middle Class?

Oct 12, 2006 by Matthew Madia

The President is mighty proud of the new deficit numbers. In fact, he called a press conference to say that the tax cuts he pushed have generated the surge in revenue that's partly responsible for the lower deficit this year. Hmmmmm. Well, corporate profits have gone way up, it's true. And he did cut taxes on corporate profits. There's a correlation there, for sure.

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"Faith-Based" Initiative Office Used For GOP Campaigns

Oct 12, 2006 by Amanda Adams*

David Kuo, a former staffer in the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives has written a book, "Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction," that outlines how the "faith based" initiative program was used to help GOP candidates. Disturbingly, the book holds claims that applications for federal faith-based funds were sometimes rejected because they were not Christian, despite White House officials insisting that money would be available to all religious groups.

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Attention Deficit

Oct 12, 2006 by Craig Jennings

They must think we're not paying attention. Have a look at this statement, from an editorial in the Washington Post:

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Bringing Home the Bush Tax Cuts

Oct 12, 2006 by Matt Lewis

For anyone interested in how the Bush tax cuts have impacted individual states, take a look at this report from Citizens for Tax Justice.

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Hundreds of Economists Call for an Increase in the Minimum Wage

Oct 12, 2006 by Craig Jennings

EPI has released a statement signed by over 650 economists calling for an increase in the federal minimum wage. As economists who are concerned about the problems facing low-wage workers, we believe the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2005’s proposed phased-in increase in the federal minimum wage to $7.25 falls well within the range of options where the benefits to the labor market, workers, and the overall economy would be positive.

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$250 Billion FY2006 Deficit: Cause and Effect

Oct 11, 2006 by Matthew Madia

To follow up on Matt's discussion below of the final deficit figures for FY2006, I thought I'd point to some of the wildly disparate explanations offered for it. Says Speaker Hastert, whose credibility right now is not exactly at an all-time high: "Republicans have cut the deficit in half three years ahead of schedule because they know that tax relief fuels America's economy." President Bush added a corollary last night: "Do we keep taxes low so we can keep this economy growing, or do we let the Democrats in Washington raise taxes and hurt the economic vitality of this country?"

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