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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Carragher who wrote (380765)	3/28/2003 11:07:09 AM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 769667

Send Charley Rangel an e-mail.... I did: Message 18766112 his contact info: house.gov

To: John Carragher who wrote (380765)	3/28/2003 11:20:17 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Congress Gives Up On 'Faith-Based' Push Fri Mar 28, 3:13 AM ET By LAURA MECKLER, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Conceding they don't have enough support, congressional sponsors of President Bush (news - web sites)'s faith-based initiative have given up on legislation that would make it easier for churches and religious groups to get government grants. They had tried and failed to get the Senate to approve a watered-down version of the Bush initiative. Instead, their bill would simply provide tax breaks for donations to charities. It also offers $1.3 billion more for the Social Services Block Grant, a favorite of Democrats. * This Faith-Based was a pretty out-of-touch idea to begin with. And Bush never fought for it. Probably just a political ploy to appear to be offering the Religious right a direct payoff from the Treasury. Moderate churches didn't even want the money, at least the ones I've heard about like my parents church in Houston.