“How a Campaign Organization Became a ‘Social Welfare’ Group”
Wisdom from David Firestone ( NYT ed) on the OFA scandal.
Category Archives: tax law and election law
“Fallout from the IRS Rulemaking on Tax-Exempt ‘Candidate-Related Activity'”
Must-Watch Troubling Report on OFA Fundraising
Chuck Todd for NBC News: “To sum up, OFA acknowledges that the executive director John Carson actually set up two meetings for a potential donor to discuss his own legal problems, one with an official from the White House… Continue reading
“Email shows Lerner seeking deal with Issa”
“IRS hit from all political stripes on nonprofit rules”
143,615 Comments on IRS 501c4 Rule Proposal
“Pro-Obama Group Fires Fundraiser Who Diverted Felon’s $100K Gift”
NBC News:
A White House-backed advocacy group has fired one of its fundraisers and returned a $100,000 check she collected from a New Jersey doctor who is seeking a presidential pardon for Medicare fraud, officials of the group told… Continue reading
Stephen Colbert Wants to Address IRS on 501(c)(4) Rulemaking
Read his comment:
(h/t John Pomerantz)
“The FEC Offers a Hand—Or Two Hands—to the IRS”
Republican FEC Commissioners: IRS Should Defer to the FEC
“IRS plan to curb politically active nonprofits draws thousands of comments”
WaPo: “A controversial proposed IRS regulation that seeks to define political activity for nonprofit social welfare organizations drew more than 122,000 comments before Thursday night’s deadline, a gargantuan sum that underscores difficult task now facing the Treasury Department.”
Dem. FEC Commissioners: “The IRS Need Not Defer to the FEC”
FEC Commissioners Ravel and Weintraub have submitted comments (for themselves, not for the FEC) to the IRS on its proposed 501(c)(4) rulemaking.
I’ve gotten tons of press releases and links to various comments submitted to the IRS on this rulemaking.… Continue reading
“GOP Revives Focus on Lois Lerner”
Politico: “House Republicans are gearing up to take their IRS tea party-targeting investigation to a whole new level next week — potentially even holding former IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress.”