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<b>May 28, 2001/Vol 6, Number 35</b></font>
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<p><font face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D"5" =
color=3D"000066">
<b>In DiIulio Bush Trusts</b><br>
<font size=3D"4"><b>The faith-based initiative has one key supporte=
r—he's in the Oval Office.</b></font><br>
<font size=3D"3"><b>By Fred Barnes</b></font></p>
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<p><font size=3D"3" face=3D"Times New Roman,Times,serif" color=3D"0=
00066">John DiIulio, the public intellectual and University of Pennsylvan=
ia professor on leave, runs President Bush's faith-based initiative. But =
that's not the half of it. He advises Bush on a range of social policy is=
sues. He consults with White House speechwriters, and did so for Bush's M=
ay 20 commencement address on compassion at Notre Dame. DiIulio is called=
on for his expert opinion on crime legislation and gun policy. He recomm=
ended John Walters for drug czar, then suggested the post retain cabinet =
status, which it did. He visited with Cardinal Bevilacqua of Philadelphia=
on May 14 as the prelude to Bush's drop-by to see the Catholic leader. &=
quot;When asked, I just put my two cents in," DiIulio explains.</fon=
t></p>
<p><font size=3D"3" face=3D"Times New Roman,Times,serif" color=3D"0=
00066">DiIulio has hit it off with Bush. "They're in sync," say=
s a White House aide, though DiIulio still calls himself a Democrat (&quo=
t;with a capital D"). "They're both straightforward and candid&=
#151;no b.s." DiIulio doesn't have a West Wing office—he's perc=
hed in the Old Executive Office Building next door—but he sees Bush =
plenty: seven times in a recent two-week period. DiIulio has become pals =
as well with Karl Rove, Bush's all-purpose adviser. One reason is, as an =
aide put it, "DiIulio knows everything about everything." And h=
e knows that the faith-based initiative could be the most important socia=
l policy innovation in years and has the potential of becoming the major =
legacy of Bush's presidency.</font></p>
<p><font size=3D"3" face=3D"Times New Roman,Times,serif" color=3D"0=
00066">Bush knows this, too, which is why he has chosen to reemphasize th=
e program, starting with the Notre Dame speech. "The person who has =
the most faith in the faith-based initiative is the president," says=
a White House official. Bush was upset to see the program encounter flak=
after its unveiling in January—without being vigorously defended, e=
xcept by DiIulio. Criticism came particularly from Christian evangelicals=
, who had been expected to be enthusiastic, and conservatives, who fear i=
t might metastasize into a new New Deal. Now, evangelicals are coming aro=
und. And conservatives never had much of a case. The initiative is based =
on the notion that social programs of the New Deal-Great Society ilk have=
n't worked—this is conservative dogma—while private faith-based=
ones run mostly by churches have. The idea is to steer some federal and =
local funds, plus a lot more private charitable donations, to these succe=
ssful programs, so they can expand and be duplicated.</font></p>
<p><font size=3D"3" face=3D"Times New Roman,Times,serif" color=3D"0=
00066">The faith-based initiative is likely to get a large boost in June =
when a new private agency will be established in Washington to promote th=
e federal program and raise money for it. "Intellectual infrastructu=
re," DiIulio calls it. The group will cooperate with the White House=
while remaining independent. It is to be headed by Mike Joyce, soon to s=
tep down as head of the influential Bradley Foundation in Milwaukee. At B=
radley, Joyce is best known for creating and funding Milwaukee's successf=
ul school choice program. But he also underwrote numerous faith-based pro=
grams, including several associated with DiIulio. The genesis of the outs=
ide group was a memo in March to Joyce from political consultant Frank Ca=
nnon. It advocated a private entity to build support for the faith-based =
initiative in much the same way Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Refor=
m and other conservative organizations have built support for Bush's tax =
and spending proposals. Cannon and Republican strategist Jeffrey Bell, wh=
o guided Gary Bauer's presidential campaign in 2000, are expected to work=
for the new group as consultants.</font></p>
<p><font size=3D"3" face=3D"Times New Roman,Times,serif" color=3D"0=
00066">The private organization will tout both parts of the faith-based p=
roject. The government part, the less important of the two, is designed t=
o put faith-based programs of job training, drug rehab, literacy, and the=
like on an equal footing with secular organizations in applying for gove=
rnment grants. Once "charitable choice" is expanded—Congre=
ss is expected to go along with this—these faith-based programs will=
have a shot at roughly $65 billion in federal money annually. DiIulio sa=
ys perhaps $6 billion to $10 billion may go to faith-based social service=
programs. Only a trivial fraction does now. Nothing, however, is guarant=
eed: There will be no set-asides for faith-based groups. One such set-asi=
de was instituted at the Department of Health and Human Services under Cl=
inton. Bush rescinded it.</font></p>
<p><font size=3D"3" face=3D"Times New Roman,Times,serif" color=3D"0=
00066">"The real action is in the private and philanthropic and corp=
orate sector," DiIulio insists. "That is a much bigger deal in =
the long run than anything that will happen with government. That's where=
the money is." And that's where the Joyce group may be especially h=
elpful. As envisioned by the Bush administration, private donations would=
provide the bulk of support for faith-based programs, while the federal =
and local governments would help. But, as it stands, many Fortune 500 com=
panies have a ban against contributions to organizations with even a remo=
te connection to religion. That must change, says DiIulio. With prodding =
by Bush and help from Joyce, it may happen. "When the president spea=
ks," DiIulio notes, "people listen. It's the kind of thing the =
president's interest and passion can change." At which point the cof=
fers of the White House's Compassion Capital Fund should begin to fill up=
, a public-private matching scheme will be triggered, and the grass-roots=
faith-based groups will have another source of funds in addition to fede=
ral grants.</font></p>
<p><font size=3D"3" face=3D"Times New Roman,Times,serif" color=3D"0=
00066">All this sounds great, but there's a long way to go. For now, the =
true believers in the initiative are located at the White House, in mayor=
s' offices, and in the faith-based groups themselves. DiIulio doesn't exp=
ect conservatives to be excited. "It's different from the convention=
al conservative view," he says. "We're not going to get rid of =
cabinet agencies and we're not going to slash programs." On the othe=
r hand, Philadelphia's Democratic mayor John Street is as enthusiastic as=
Bush. Philadelphia has a number of faith-based programs, mostly run by b=
lack churches. As an academic, DiIulio studied them, and Bush, as candida=
te and president, has visited a few. "On this issue, John Street and=
George W. Bush are the same person," according to DiIulio. "Yo=
u couldn't pick two people with backgrounds and life trajectories more di=
fferent. God must have a good sense of humor [to bring them together].&qu=
ot;</font></p>
<p><font size=3D"3" face=3D"Times New Roman,Times,serif" color=3D"0=
00066">DiIulio returns to his home in Philadephia several nights a week, =
then takes the 4:05 a.m. train back to Washington. Overweight and overwor=
ked, he looks like a candidate for a heart attack. He relishes meetings w=
ith White House aides. "It's like a university faculty meeting, with=
two exceptions," he says. "The issues are real and the people =
are nice." But it's Bush's commitment to the faith-based initiative,=
DiIulio says, that motivates him. "Every president has a budget and=
other things. Not every president has a faith-and-community initiative. =
This is in his heart. If it weren't, I wouldn't be here. More than any ot=
her issue, it defines the man."</font></p> =
<p><font size=3D"3" face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<b>By Fred Barnes</b></font></p>
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