DLC Dismisses Exempt Status Attack By IRS

[Purveyor]

Source: Washington Times

The Democratic Leadership Council, the centrist group that propelled Bill Clinton, Joe Lieberman and Evan Bayh to national prominence, has rebuffed the latest attempt by the IRS to strip it of its tax-exempt status — but a federal judge left the door open for the government to continue its six-year quest.

The Internal Revenue Service said the nonprofit organization became an advocacy group for elected Democrats and demanded payment for three years of back taxes.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said the organization does not need to pay back taxes but that its ruling announced Monday "does not preclude the IRS from revoking prospectively the exempt status, should it conclude again that the DLC is not entitled to that status."

The Democratic Leadership Council was organized in 1985 by centrist and conservative Democrats who identified themselves as "New Democrats." Its current leaders include presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Sen. Thomas R. Carper of Delaware.

The DLC's support played a significant role in the 1992 election of Mr. Clinton.

Mrs. Clinton is listed as the "chair of the DLC's American Dream Initiative," a program to create economic opportunities for middle-income households.

The organization's chairmen have included Mr. Clinton, Mr. Lieberman of Connecticut and former Sen. Charles S. Robb of Virginia.

Read more: http://washingtontimes.com/article/20080409/BUSINESS/820116154/1001

[Kittycat]

1. good.

[bellasgrams]

2. Now if they woud just go after the DNC for taking the Votes away

from millions of Americans in 2 states.

[TheWraith]

3. Oh please.

The desperation not just of continuing to push this tripe that only a handful of Clinton supporters actually believe, but to try and drag GDP fights into LBN, is just pathetic.

[dionysus]

5. when all else fails, peddle some more lies.....

[darue]

6. no one is 'entitled' to vote this is a Party function, not a general election

and if those states decide to say screw the party, we're going to do whatever the hell we want, they get whipped. period.

[Xithras]

4. Never thought I'd say this in my life: Go IRS!!

Honestly, whether or not you agree with their politics (and I don't, DLCers are what we used to call "liberal Republicans"), the fact remains that the DLC is a party specific political advocacy group that does not qualify for tax exempt status, especially NOT as a "social welfare" group. That, when you look at their historic support of welfare reform and free trading, is almost laughably funny.