Is OFA Breaking Its Own Rules About Getting Involved in Elections?
That’s the charge in the Weekly Standard. (They also raise an IRS claim, which seems not to fly given what everyone else is doing.)
Category Archives: tax law and election law
“New Obama group Organizing for Action says it’s non-partisan”
Important Politico report: “President Barack Obama’s new nonprofit Organizing for Action insists that promoting the White House’s legislative agenda can’t be counted as ‘partisan political activity.’ The organization on Wednesday quietly posted new guidelines on its website formally declaring… Continue reading
Crossroad GPS’s Tax Status Still in Limbo
“Pro-Obama group says it’s not partisan, but has wide latitude”
“Non-political nonprofit’s spending spikes in election years”
“New AFP ad: Say, remember when Obama demonized groups like us?”
Hot Air links to new AFP ad against OFA.
New Blog from CPI — Primary Source
The Center for Public Integrity has officially launched a new blog called “Primary Source,” which will serve as a daily diary of developments in the post-Citizens United world of money in politics.
Check it out!
“Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Challenges President Obama’s 501(c)(4) Group, Organizing for Action”
The following statement arrived via email:
Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Challenges President Obama’s 501(c)(4) Group, Organizing for Action
At the beginning of his first term, President Obama issued a sweeping executive order to establish unprecedented new ethics rules for… Continue reading
“Nonprofit spends big on politics despite IRS limitation”
“Obama’s Cashier Window?”
Wapo editorial on the new OFA 501(c)(4).
“Secret Donors Finance Fight Against Hagel”
Must-read NYT report:
The media campaign to scuttle Mr. Hagel’s appointment, unmatched in the annals of modern presidential cabinet appointments, reflects the continuing effects of the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, which loosened campaign finance restrictions and… Continue reading
“Organizing for Action means it’s over… for awhile”
Steve Hoersting: “What does this mean? It doesn’t just mean Team Obama is prepared, and deserves, to lose Danielcyzk and McCutcheon, for whether they do or not doesn’t affect their strategy. It means the concerted movement for federal campaign-finance… Continue reading
“Barack Obama’s new ‘grass-roots’ group isn’t quite”
“FEC Deadlock on 501(c)(4) Fund Raising Will Not Be Reconsidered, Agency Says”
Bloomberg BNA: “The Federal Election Commission will leave intact a deadlocked legal ruling about whether a nonprofit corporation can engage in joint fund-raising activity with an FEC-regulated political action committee, according to a Jan. 22 letter from the FEC.… Continue reading