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Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Bush To Encourage Corporate Giving to Faith-Based Orgs
President Bush said he will hold a White House summit next spring to encourage corporations and foundations to give more money to churches and religious charities.

Bush announced the summit as he met behind closed doors with 17 leaders of black churches and community groups -- a traditionally Democratic demographic that Republicans have been trying to persuade to switch alliances.

Jim Towey, director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, said his staff checked the policies of the top 50 Fortune 500 companies and found that 17 percent of their foundations had written policies banning or restricting donations to religious organizations.

Posted by Jennifer Lowe, 11:43:55 AM

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Senate Seeks to Restore Funding
The US Senate has restored many of the social service funding cuts originally sought by President George W. Bush and the House of Representatives, as legislative work continues on the 11 bills that make up this year's federal budget. The differences in the proposed spending -- which include programs under the Faith-Based and Community Initiative -- will have to be resolved in House-Senate conference committees before being sent to the President for final approval.

Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill to authorize $145.7 billion in discretionary program funding for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and related agencies. The Senate bill provides $3.8 billion more than requested by President Bush, and $3.2 billion more than approved by the House last month.

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Posted by Jennifer Lowe, 05:30:06 PM

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