Category Archives: tax law and election law
“The Speech Regulators Get Mean; Two key cases test if legal counsel is a political donation.”
“Reform Groups Urge Representatives to Vote No on Legislation to Delay and Prohibit New IRS Rules on 501(c)(4) Standards”
ACLU Offers Extensive Comments on IRS 501c4 Proposed Rulemaking
Read. [corrected link]
“High Court at a Crossroads: ‘Nonpartisans’ are trying to reverse Citizens United one investigation at a time”
Steve Hoersting writes for NRO.
“Cause of Action Sues IRS Over Proposed Regulations Affecting Nonprofits”
“The Koch Brothers Left a Confidential Document at Their Last Donor Conference—Read It Here”
“With early attacks against Senate Democrats, AFP emerges as GOP’s most powerful ally”
WaPo: “Americans for Prosperity, the advocacy group backed by the billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch, is emerging as the most powerful ally of the Republican Party ahead of the 2014 midterm elections, bombarding Senate Democrats with early air… Continue reading
“FPPC goes after more committees in its ‘dark money’ case”
This item appears at Venable’s Political Law Briefing.
“Big money being spent in Triad market on political campaigns”
Winston-Salem Journal:
A woman upset about the Affordable Care Act says, “Kay Hagan – she just doesn’t get it,” referring to the U.S. senator from North Carolina.
A piano plays as the 30-second TV commercial comes to a close.… Continue reading
“IRS Wants To Tighten Its Rule On Social Welfare Groups”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
“Schumer: Administration, IRS Must ‘Redouble Efforts’ on Campaign Finance Enforcement”
“Koch World 2014”
Vogel (who else?).
“IRS Documents Highlight Uncertainty Over Social Welfare Threshold Language”
Bloomberg BNA:
To qualify for tax-exempt status, applicants for tax code Section 501(c)(4) status must ensure that 51 percent of their activities and expenditures go toward social welfare causes, Internal Revenue Service training materials say.
The materials, created for employees… Continue reading