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WorkingForChange.com
June 5, 2003
Bill Berkowitz

Bush's faith-based finagling

Legislation weakens but doesn't slow down president's faith-based initiative

After more than two years of haggling, in early April the Senate passed the Charity Aid, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act of 2003 (S. 476), a stripped-down version of President Bush's highly-touted faith- based initiative. While the House has yet to pass its version of a faith-based bill, it appears that the proposal’s most noxious element, the charitable choice exemption, will remain on the cutting room floor. Does the shredding of the centerpiece of the administration's "compassionate conservative" domestic agenda signal an end to the president's obsession with pursuing faith-based solutions to vexing social problems?

While the president's full package failed to generate enough Congressional or public support, the core of the initiative is alive and well. Administration-driven faith-based programs are moving down the pike at a steady clip.

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