Charities Offer Mixed Reviews of Bipartisan Plan to Help Religious Groups

Washington

Charity leaders are giving mixed reviews to a bipartisan Senate plan, drafted with the support of President Bush, to help religious organizations obtain and use federal funds for their social-service programs.

The proposal -- crafted by Sens. Joseph I. Lieberman, Democrat of Connecticut, and Rick Santorum, Republican of Pennsylvania -- is being touted as a compromise between members of Congress who want faith-based groups to

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