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IRS agrees to monitor churches for electioneering

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July 22, 2014 at 11:07 am.

By Kimberly Winston RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (RNS) —The Internal Revenue Service said it will monitor churches and other houses of worship for electioneering in a settlement reached with an atheist group. The settlement was reached Friday (July 18) in federal court in Madison, WI, where the initial lawsuit was filed in 2012 by the Freedom […]

Faith leaders denounce brinkmanship as budget, debt ceiling deadlines loom

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Churches politics, Debt ceiling, Religion politics

October 1, 2013 at 12:56 pm.

WASHINGTON/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On the eve of a possible shutdown of the U.S. government, religious leaders denounced the political brinkmanship prevailing in Congress yesterday. “Shutting down the government will do real damage,” said the Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World, speaking at a press conference on Mon., Sept. 30. “Risking our nation’s creditworthiness […]