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U.S. Based International Nonprofits

Oct 10, 2006 by Amanda Adams*

A new report put out by the Urban Institute, "The International Charitable Nonprofit Subsector: Scope, Size, and Revenue", found that U.S. based international nonprofits are running on a decreasing money supply. The report analyzes data from fiscal years 2001-2003 from about 2,600 nonprofits with $25,000 or more in annual revenue, dividing U.S.-based international nonprofits into three main categories; international development and assistance, international understanding, and international affairs.

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Analysis: 2006 Treasury Dept. Voluntary Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines

On Sept. 29, 2006 the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released updated Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines: Voluntary Best Practices for U.S.-Based Charities, its third version of recommendations for charities since 2002. The new Guidelines reflect Treasury consideration of public comments on a December 2005 revision of the original Guidelines, published in 2002. A new Annex provides an unconvincing explanation of Treasury's perception that terrorist abuse of charities is a substantial problem.

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FedSpending.Org Released!

Oct 10, 2006 by Matt Lewis

FedSpending.Org is now online! Check it out!

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Why Presidents Matter in Tax Policy

Oct 10, 2006 by Matt Lewis

Cactus of the econo-blog Angry Bear looks for a connection between who's President and tax enforcement rates. A few interesting results: Ronald Reagan was a strict tax enforcer in his second term, while George W. Bush's first term saw the largest decline in the tax enforcement rate in the last 50 years.

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Voter ID News

Oct 10, 2006 by Amanda Adams*

In Ohio On October 4, a federal judge in Cleveland blocked part of a new Ohio state law that would require naturalized citizens to provide a certificate of naturalization upon trying to vote if a poll worker challenged their eligibility. Fortunately this clear form of discrimination, where naturalized citizens are meant to be treated differently from native-born citizens at the polling place, will be blocked.

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OMB Watch and The Center for Responsive Politics Unveil Federal Spending Oversight Tools

Washington, D.C., Oct. 10 - At a press club event today, government watchdog groups unveiled powerful new online tools developed to help the public track government spending and congressional conduct.

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Launch of Powerful Tools for Government Oversight

Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006 at 9:30 a.m.
OMB Watch and The Center for Responsive Politics Web-based Tools Allow Reporters to Track Federal Spending, Congressional Conflicts, Junkets and the Revolving Door

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CBO's Final FY2006 Deficit Estimate: $250 Billion

Oct 6, 2006 by Adam Hughes*

The final CBO FY 2006 deficit estimate numbs are in … at a cool quarter of a trillion dollars. The $250 billion figure released today is well under CBO’s estimate of $337 billion at the beginning of the year and the $318 billion actual deficit for FY2005. Until this summer, the deficit projections were uniformly in the $300 billion-range, but a late surge in corporate income helped boost FY2006 revenues by $253 billion over last year’s total.

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Extraneous Credit

Oct 6, 2006 by Matt Lewis

Sen. Joseph Lieberman has proposed creating a tax credit for home purchases. The Tax Foundation says it's a really bad idea, because that type of tax credit could raise home prices.

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IRS and Churches Cartoon

Oct 6, 2006 by Amanda Adams*

Don't miss this cartoon on the IRS Political Activities Compliance Initiative (PACI) posted on Jim Wallis' God's Politics blog.

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