From federal suits to administrative action, Bush’s faith-based initiative remains in the public spotlight. Action Taken by the Supreme Court on Government Funded Religion The Supreme Court, on Feb. 25, 2004, ruled in favor of the state of Washington in a major challenge to limits on government-funded religion. In the case of Locke v. Davey, the Court held that Washington’s exclusion of a devotional theology degree from its Promise Scholarship program does not violate the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced last week that employment grew by only 21,000 jobs in February, and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.6 percent.

The budget resolution approved last week by the Senate Budget Committee has nothing good to recommend it. It will hand more tax breaks to the extremely wealthy while slashing assistance to low-income working families and children. Funds for education, housing, the environment and a host of other services that benefit ordinary Americans will also be cut. Ironically, in spite of all these cuts, the committee?s resolution will increase -- not reduce -- the deficit.