In a blistering editorial, the Washington Post warns of the dire consequences for our campaign finance system that would result from the U.S. House proposal to roll back the Johnson Amendment.
For now, the proposed Senate tax bill leaves intact the Johnson Amendment, while the House version, which would gut that key protection for houses of worship, heads for a vote.
The BJC’s Amanda Tyler says a troubling provision in the current tax bill, undermining the Johnson Amendment, just got worse, after an amendment that passed the Ways and Means Committee today.
An effort to protect the Johnson Amendment was defeated in the Ways and Means Committee, but the battle is not over.
The Baptist Joint Committee’s Amanda Tyler explains why proposed legislation amending the tax code would undermine key protections in the law for houses of worship.