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House GOP Measure Would Grant Trump the Power to Crush Nonprofits

HeadlineMay 14, 2025

House Republicans are seeking to grant the Trump administration the sweeping authority to target nonprofits that don’t align with President Trump’s agenda. A measure included in the House Ways and Means Committee’s draft reconciliation bill would grant the treasury secretary the power to declare any nonprofit as a “terrorist-supporting organization” in order to strip it of its tax-exempt status. In a statement, the nonprofit Fight for the Future called the measure “a five-alarm fire for nonprofits nationwide,” adding, “This terribly thought-out legislation means that under the current administration, every environmental, racial justice, LGBTQ+, gender justice, immigration justice, and — particularly — any anti-genocide organization throughout the country may be on the chopping block.”

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