Religious defenders of the Welfare and Entitlement State seem ambivalent but concerned about the final debt deal between President and Congress. A "Circle of Protection" led by Sojourners activist Jim Wallis and including the National Association of Evangelicals, National Council of Churches, U.S. Catholic Conference, and the Salvation Army had met with Obama, U.S. Senator Majority Harry Reid, and U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, urging higher taxes and rejecting any limits on social spending growth.
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