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Serve America Act a signature away from becoming law

Posted in Policy, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Yesterday, the U.S. House passed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act.  Following Senate passage of the same language last week, this means the bill will now be sent to President Obama so that he can sign it into law.
Unfortunately, the bill does not contain language creating a Commission on Cross-Sector Solution, as we mistakenly [...]

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Ambassador Bruton on the “Buy American” idea

Posted in Policy, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on February 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »

John Bruton, former Irish Prime Minister and current EU Ambassador to the United States, urged Congress on Monday to refrain from any “Buy American” provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act now headed to the Senate. Bruton expressed the EU’s concerns over such action, saying that if approved, the measure would set a “dangerous [...]

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Philanthropy dollars as “earmarks”?

Posted in Philanthropy, tagged , , , , , , , on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A Wall Street Journal article today from the end of last month highlights a threat to foundations nationwide. Members of Congress are saying that foundations have an obligation to use the money they save with tax exemptions  – money that otherwise would have gone to the federal government – where it will have the greatest [...]

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