A regulation that bars nonprofits and houses of worship from making political endorsements remains on the books after it was dropped from the Republican tax reform bill.
Effort to repeal Johnson Amendment dropped from tax reform bill
Clergy differ on bill to repeal the Johnson Amendment
The Johnson Amendment, a 1954 rider inserted by then-Sen. Lyndon Johnson into that year’s version of the tax code banning all federally recognized nonprofit organizations — including religious organizations — from endorsing candidates and otherwise participating in partisan political activity at the risk of losing their tax-exempt status.