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President Trump will sign an executive order Thursday to provide “maximum enforcement discretion” to the Internal Revenue Service when enforcing a prohibition on political activity by religious nonprofits. Democrats fear IRS agents will be free to turn a blind eye to religious organizations engaging in politics--both in houses of worship and out. According to Politico, a White House official acknowledged that the executive order would not change current law. Therefore, it’s unclear what substantive effect it will have, if any. Democrats have raised concerns that Trump’s new order could be used to violate a prohibition on political advertising and campaigning by religious nonprofits. But a White House official said, “No one’s suggesting that churches can take out political ads. We don’t expect any legal challenges, we’re not changing the law, we’re not trying to violate the law."http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05...http://www.wochit.comThis video was produced by YT Wochit Vote It using http://wochit.com

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