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On Capitol Hill, Forbes is the point man for prayer

There are plenty of special interests at work within Congress, and U.S. Rep. J. Randy Forbes is point man for one of them: the Congressional Prayer Caucus.

The caucus, a formal congressional group Forbes founded in 2005 , helps the Chesapeake congressman fight what he calls the â€œconstant, dripping erosionâ€ of the nationâ€™s heritage of prayer and faith.

Just last month , the caucus swung into action when an official deleted â€œGodâ€ from a certificate accompanying a flag flown over the U.S. Capitol .

The caucus is bipartisan, but most of its 25 members are evangelical Christians representing districts â€œwith siz able populationsâ€ of evangelicals, she said. The group includes at least one Jew and one Catholic. ...

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