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Article: The Chicago Tribune At Random column: Non-profits are predicting easier life under Democrats.(Column)
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- November 16, 2006
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Byline: Charles Storch
Nov. 16--Last week's election results could give non-profits a reprieve from congressional attempts to rein in and further regulate many of their financial practices and governance.
Many eyes will be on the Senate Finance Committee, where Max Baucus (D-Mont.) is to succeed Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) as chairman. Indignant over financial scandals at some non-profits, Grassley had made reform of tax-exempt groups a cause. But Baucus doesn't seem to share that same ardor, say Capitol Hill observers.
Diana Aviv, head of the Washington, D.C.-based non-profit coalition Independent Sector, said her conversations on the Hill lead ...