WaPo: Two Republican lawmakers and a conservative legal group are questioning the Justice Department’s selection of a Democratic donor to lead the agency’s probe into the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of certain advocacy groups during the 2010 and 2012… Continue reading

Here.

Brad Smith responds to Bob Bauer’s post from yesterday.

I’m guessing I’ll be waiting a long time.

Via OpenSecrets:

WSJ: With the Obama administration moving to curb campaign activity by certain nonprofit groups, lawyers are scouring the tax code for other financial vehicles that would allow political donors to continue to spend money on elections while remaining anonymous.… Continue reading

AP reports.

Must-read Matea Gold for WaPo: The political network spearheaded by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch has expanded into a far-reaching operation of unrivaled complexity, built around a maze of groups that cloaks its donors, according to an analysis of… Continue reading

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs.

Brad Smith on Paul Ryan.

Paul Ryan blogs at CLC.

Reuters reports.