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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (8525)	3/14/2001 10:01:46 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 82486

washingtonpost.com <<Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), the lead sponsor in the Senate of Bush's "faith-based initiative," said he would split the proposal in two. He said he would introduce in coming days a bill that includes various tax incentives to encourage charitable giving, the component of the plan that attracts broad, bipartisan support. The more controversial component of Bush's plan, expanding the charitable choice law, would face an "incremental approach," Santorum said, with legislative action coming after the administration uses the current law as a "proving ground." Charitable choice now applies to a few welfare programs; the new proposal would expand the provision to programs in five Cabinet agencies. "My sense is we're looking within the next year for them to work out the bugs," Santorum said of the charitable-choice expansion. "The timing may be right then." He said the White House concurred on the slower approach. "My sense is the administration will continue to work on this and work through this within the agencies," said Santorum, a strong supporter of expanding the program. "They want to build a consensus.">>