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<blockquote type="cite" cite> A bill to end the wall of
separation between the institutions of religion</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>and government by reversing IRS tax laws
is on its way to being attached to the American</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Jobs Creation Act of 2004. Please
read the alert below and send it out broadly. I received this e
mail from United Vision in Boise, and I've</blockquote>
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contacted our Congressional delegation to vote against the
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<div> Rep. Tom Trail<br>
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</b>In a move designed to crush all opposition, House Majority Leader
Tom Delay and House Speaker Dennis Hastert have joined with Rep.
Walter Jones to attach the<u> Houses of Worship Free Speech
Restoration Act</u> (Jones bill/HR 235) to the<u> American Jobs
Creation Act of 2004</u> (H.R. 4520). If passed, the Jones bill
would go far towards eroding the wall of separation between the
institutions of religion and government by reversing IRS tax laws that
prohibit houses of worship from engaging in partisan
politicking. <br>
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The American Jobs Creation Act already passed the House and Senate and
is in conference committee. By inserting the Jones legislation into
this bill during conference committee , Delay and Jones ensure that
the House and Senate<u> will never get a chance to vote on the Jones
bill</u>, which the House has<u> defeated</u> in various forms<u>
twice</u> before.<br>
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Shortly before the Congress moved into its August Recess, Rep. Jones,
according to<i> The Hill</i> newspaper, delivered a letter to the
Speaker signed by 131 lawmakers stating that the House ìlost an
ideal opportunityî to change IRS policy in regards to the ability of
houses of worship to endorse partisan candidates when the House passed
the tax reform bill on June 17. In that bill, The Interfaith Alliance
along with nearly two dozen religious denominations was successful in
leading a bipartisan effort to defeat the so-called ìSafe Harbors
Act,î a variation of the Jones bill that would have allowed houses
of worship to endorse political candidates up to three times without
losing their tax-exempt status. Capitol Hill sources say that
the letter delivered by Jones to Speaker Hastert is a clear pressure
tactic reminding the Speaker that many Republican votes for the larger
tax reform bill are in jeopardy if the Jones legislation is not
included in the bill.<br>
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On September 9, action alerts sprang up on Religious-Right websites
instructing their members to call Hastert and Delay stating,
ìUPDATE: WE NEED YOU TO MAKE CALLS TODAY! The hope of returning
free speech to our pastors is closer than ever. There is a solid
possibility of inserting HR235, the Houses of Worship Free Speech
Restoration Act, into the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 that is
currently in conference committee on Capitol Hill.î<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>TIA members and supports are urged to
contact House Ways and Means Chairman Bill Thomas and thank him for
his past work in preventing this dangerous and landscape-altering
legislation from becoming reality. Please ask Chairman Thomas to
prevent the hijacking of the Jobs Creation Act by Walter Jones and his
Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act. His office can be
reached by calling 202-225-3625. Telephone calls are the only
communication that will make an impact at this point.</blockquote>
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Dr. Tom Trail<br>
International Trails<br>
1375 Mt. View Rd.<br>
Moscow, Id. 83843<br>
Tel: (208) 882-6077<br>
Fax: (208) 882-0896<br>
e mail ttrail@moscow.com</div>
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