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And church-state separation advocates announced a mailing to 100,000 congregations warning against partisan activities . They need to be on guard against partisan abuse of numbers . I still think it was important , in this case , for John Mearsheimer and I , and others , to stand up and be counted beforehand , because among other things , it was important to register that there were people who understood that this was a mistake , and they were n't doing it on partisan political grounds , they were n't doing it on pure pacifism versus the use-of-force grounds , they were doing it on the grounds that this was not in our national interest , and that it was pretty obvious that it was n't in our national interest , and somebody said so before we jumped off this particular cliff . " Beyond the issue of partisan politics , it is unquestionably true that Americans in general are far less enthusiastic about NAFTA than they were when Congress ratified the treaty with Mexico . The Ohio measure tries to get around partisan clustering by requiring that competitiveness , rather than keeping cities and counties whole , be the most important consideration in drawing a redistricting plan . As a precaution against escape by both prisoners and guards alike , and against partisan activity in the area around Sobibor ( especially east of the Bug ) , in July 1943 Wehrmacht soldiers laid a minefield 15 meters wide around the camp . In other words , despite the unique place that houses of worship hold in our current tax code , this bill seeks to dismantle the absolute ban on partisan politicking and allows houses of worship to engage in the mechanisms of partisan politics while retaining their tax-exempt status and receiving tax-deductible contributions . Our obligation is to focus on the bigger picture and not on the narrower canvas of partisan , self-interest . Or maybe it 's my sneaking suspicion that the stands we take on some issue - - Bush 's support of torture , the impeachment of Clinton - - are , at some level , bound up with the kinds of partisan loyalties and visceral emotions that we profess to be rising above . Web White & Blue 2000 does not endorse or support candidates for public office and does not take positions on partisan or election related issues . Energy : Congress May Be Jolted Into Action After years of partisan wrangling , Congress finally mustered the will to pass a $ 14.5 billion national energy bill in August . The prohibition against partisan political intervention which exists today applies equally to both churches and other secular charities that claim tax-exempt status . The position of Chief Administrative Officer ( CAO ) was created following the 1994 Republican Revolution and replaced the positions of Doorkeeper and Director of Non-Legislative and Financial Services ( which had been created only two years prior to provide a nonpartisan management body to administer those functions of the House that should not be under partisan control ) . Ideological agendas and insistence on partisan proposals must not be allowed to make this a missed opportunity .