The rule was introduced by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954 when he was serving as the U.S. Senate majority leader.

The 1954 Johnson Amendment (the law barring all nonprofit organizations like churches from engaging in partisan politics) has ...

In court filings July 7, the IRS has largely backed down on a decades-old rule that barred churches from engaging in ...

A 2019 survey by Pew Research found that 76% of Americans and 70% of Christians say clergy should not endorse candidates from ...

The Internal Revenue Service agreed in a court filing that churches can endorse political candidates without fear of losing ...

President Donald Trump praised the IRS decision permitting churches to endorse political candidates, saying it allows them to ...

The IRS announced churches can endorse political candidates without penalty, but Oklahoma Bishop Poulson Reed advises against ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday welcomed the Internal Revenue Service's decision that houses of worship could ...

The IRS now allows churches to support political candidates without losing tax-exempt status, raising both praise and ...

IRS says it will no longer penalize houses of worship for endorsing political candidates during religious services, as long ...

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The IRS' decision circumvents a decades-old ban on political activity by tax-exempt nonprofits.  The Johnson ...