Thursday, June 10, 2004

Following up on Tuesday’s post about the intersection of tax, religion, and politics with 2 Washington Post articles:

• Speaker Pushes Jobs Bill Provision, describing House Speaker Hastert’s insertion of a provision into the American Jobs Creation Act to give churches more freedom to engage in partisan politics without endangering their tax exempt status.
• Religious Groups Resist Change in Tax Laws, observing that Hastert’s provision is losing support in Congress after coming under fire from both liberal and conservative religious groups.

Thanks to reader Steven Sholk for the tip.