GOP renews push to lift IRS 'muzzle' on Churches: "Political pressure is building on a powerful House lawmaker to remove the so-called IRS 'muzzle' that prevents religious leaders from endorsing political candidates from the pulpit.

"Frustrated that House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) essentially rejected House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert's (R-Ill.) request in June to change the tax code on this issue, 131 House lawmakers are pressing the Speaker to act before the 108th Congress adjourns."