Compromise Reached On Faith-Based Charitable Giving Legislation

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News President Bush has expressed support over new compromise legislation to help religious charities. In February 2002, the Senate introduced Senate Bill 1924, Charity Aid, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act of 2002, which is an amended version of President George W. Bush's faith-based initiative that he launched about a year ago. The $12 billion bill, sponsored by Senator Joseph Lieberman (D) of Connecticut and Senator Rick Santorum (R) of Pennsylvania eliminates two of the President's initial controversial provisions - the bill covers two years rather than ten . . .