Bush Stresses Support for 'Faith-Based' Agenda (washingtonpost.com)

Bush Stresses Support for 'Faith-Based' Agenda (washingtonpost.com): "Bush Stresses Support for 'Faith-Based' Agenda
By Peter Baker and Alan Cooperman
Washington post Staff Writers
Wednesday, March 2, 2005; Page A04
President Bush renewed his commitment yesterday to promoting social welfare through religious groups with taxpayer funds, calling on a balky Congress to lift its 'roadblocks' and implicitly rebutting critics who say he has shirked his 'compassion agenda.'
Setting out a second-term blueprint for advancing his faith-based initiative, Bush highlighted legislation, heading to the House floor today, that would allow religious charities to hire and fire based on religious beliefs even while receiving federal funding. If Congress does not follow his lead, Bush warned that he would try to circumvent lawmakers by using executive powers. "