KRT Wire | 03/01/2005 | Bush announces increase in funds for faith-based groups: "Bush announces increase in funds for faith-based groups

BY MARK SILVA

Chicago Tribune


WASHINGTON - (KRT) - The Bush administration has boosted federal money going to religious organizations that deliver social services for the needy, despite President Bush's failure to win congressional support for his vision of 'rallying the armies of compassion.'
'It is said that faith can move mountains,' Bush said Tuesday in announcing that $2 billion in federal grants had gone to 'faith-based' organizations during the 2004 budget year. 'Here in Washington, D.C., those helping the poor and needy often run up against a big mountain - called bureaucracy.'"