In early February at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald J. Trump reiterated a campaign promise to “totally destroy” the Johnson Amendment. The specific audience of invited religious leaders at the event was no doubt pleased by this rhetoric, but much of the country was likely left wondering, “What is the Johnson Amendment?”
During a debate on revisions to the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) in 1954, then Senator Lyndon Johnson introduced an amendment to restrict nonprofit organizations from intervening in political campaigns.
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