The National Prayer Breakfast has been controversial over recent years — including shadowy fundraising and even infiltration by a Russian spy. Lawmakers have now taken it out of the hands of the Christian evangelical group that ran it for decades.
President Joe Biden speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington.President Joe Biden speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington.On its face, the National Prayer Breakfast is a serene, bipartisan event full of spiritual reflection.
It painted a picture of a clubby, closed-door group that had the ear of lots of Washington power players and bold-faced names without much transparency about their donors or agenda. "We expect there to be maybe 300 people in attendance as opposed to like 3,500 in years past," Pryor said."So it's going to be just members and plus-ones. ... And hopefully it'll be a smaller, more intimate gathering."
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