On the Center for American Progress' website, there is a letter to Congress signed by over 60 religious leaders from 16 states. The letter calls on Congress to examine the budget as an inherently moral document and offers six specific questions that should be asked to determine whether the budget's provisions are fair, just and promote the common good. This is a critical issue at a time when President Bush's new budget calls for a slashing of social service programs, many of them the same faith-based programs that he advocated for during the election. For more information about the big words, empty pockets policy of the Bush administration: Congress Faces First Faith-Based Issues of 2005 New Rules, Empty Pockets