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The rule was introduced by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954 when he was serving as the U.S. Senate majority leader.
Republicans have run the table with religious voters. This Religious Left leader says Democrats can now fight for faith ...
The 1954 Johnson Amendment (the law barring all nonprofit organizations like churches from engaging in partisan politics) has ...
The IRS confirmed on Monday that pastors who endorse political candidates from the pulpit or through their church ...
There’s only one known instance of a church losing its tax-exempt status because it violated the Johnson Amendment, but ...
In court filings July 7, the IRS has largely backed down on a decades-old rule that barred churches from engaging in ...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday welcomed the Internal Revenue Service's decision that houses of worship could ...
President Donald Trump praised the IRS decision permitting churches to endorse political candidates, saying it allows them to ...
Gavin Newsom (D), who is widely considered to be a leading contender for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in ...
The IRS made clear that its revised interpretation still prohibits all non-profits from “participating” or “intervening” in a ...
Nor was it just that right-wing ministers were expressing Republican-shaped views about everything from LGBTQ rights to tax laws from the pulpit. Outside church walls, the massive ecosphere of ...
IRS says it will no longer penalize houses of worship for endorsing political candidates during religious services, as long ...