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Representative Van Hollen (D-MD) Sues IRS For Allowing Tax-Exempt Groups’ Political Contributions
Representative Van Hollen Sues IRS For Allowing Tax-Exempt Groups’ Political Contributions
Representative Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Internal Revenue Service, challenging rules for certain tax-exempt nonprofit groups. In recent years, nonprofit groups have become large spenders in the political arena. It is because of a rewording of an existing IRS rule that this is happened, and Rep. Van Hollen hopes to remedy the problem.
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Van Hollen is the leading advocate for campaign finance reform and also the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee. The case is begin {sic} brought with the help of watchdog groups Democracy 21, Campaign Legal Center and Public Citizen. The lawsuit is being filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
The suit alleges that the IRS is illegally allowing some tax-exempt nonprofit organizations to make political contributions, by misconstruing a key federal campaign finance law. Representative Van Hollen hopes the suit will force the IRS to conform its regulations to the plain meaning of the statute.
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The lawsuit points directly to several nonprofits that have contributed mass amounts of money to political campaigns, like Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS, and Priorities USA affiliate, Priorities USA Action, a pro-Obama super PAC. Both 501(c)(4) organizations that have misused the IRS nonprofit status, by bending the law.
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http://www.occupydemocrats.com/representative-chris-van-hollen-sues-irs/Representative Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Internal Revenue Service, challenging rules for certain tax-exempt nonprofit groups. In recent years, nonprofit groups have become large spenders in the political arena. It is because of a rewording of an existing IRS rule that this is happened, and Rep. Van Hollen hopes to remedy the problem.
~snip~
Van Hollen is the leading advocate for campaign finance reform and also the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee. The case is begin {sic} brought with the help of watchdog groups Democracy 21, Campaign Legal Center and Public Citizen. The lawsuit is being filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
The suit alleges that the IRS is illegally allowing some tax-exempt nonprofit organizations to make political contributions, by misconstruing a key federal campaign finance law. Representative Van Hollen hopes the suit will force the IRS to conform its regulations to the plain meaning of the statute.
~snip~
The lawsuit points directly to several nonprofits that have contributed mass amounts of money to political campaigns, like Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS, and Priorities USA affiliate, Priorities USA Action, a pro-Obama super PAC. Both 501(c)(4) organizations that have misused the IRS nonprofit status, by bending the law.
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