Posted on 11/27/2013 7:24:21 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The Obama administration moved on Tuesday to rein in the use of tax-exempt groups for political campaigning.
The effort is an attempt to reduce the role of such loosely regulated yet influential super PACS as Crossroads GPS, which was co-founded by GOP political strategist Karl Rove, and Priorities USA, which ran searing ads against rivals of President Barack Obama to support his re-election last year.
The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department proposed new rules that they said would prohibit such groups from using "candidate-related political activity" like running advertisements, registering voters or distributing campaign literature as activities that qualify them to be tax-exempt "social welfare" organizations.
"This proposed guidance is a first critical step toward creating clear-cut definitions of political activity by tax-exempt social welfare organizations," said Mark Mazur, the Treasury's assistant secretary for tax policy. "We are committed to getting this right before issuing final guidance that may affect a broad group of organizations.
"It will take time to work through the regulatory process and carefully consider all public feedback as we strive to ensure that the standards for tax-exemption are clear and can be applied consistently," Mazur said.
The rules would become final after a lengthy comment period, the federal agencies said, giving the super PACS ample time to raise millions of dollars from anonymous donors before next year's congressional elections.
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Chicago rules!
And if someone does, who'll hear them?
Amazing. The tyrant is in full fascist form. No stopping the little cockroach.
The Community Agitators Formerly Known as ACORN are exempt from all feral government regulation, however.
We are going to see a full court press from the Democrats. Losing the Senate while not gaining the House will effectively shut down any Obama agenda - legal agenda.
Like Organizing for America? Obamas organization,,,
There is nothing they will not try.
If it passes I would expect “exemptions” for Sierra Club,
ANSWER, and any number of “non-profit” groups.
This alone violates the 1st and 14th amendments.
There’s no stopping him because Issa just has hearings, then BO people get up there and lie and just double down. He needs to be impeached, but Issa is too afraid to bring charges.
This is total BS! I guess we have finally sunk to the level of a third world country run by a dictatorial egomaniac. Very sad.
Most nonprofits are liberal... might be interesting to see how the IRS picks and chooses.
this marxist punk m fer is out of control.
The 16th amendment—the gift that keeps on giving. Without the 16th amendment, there would be no IRS.
One thing is for sure.... if we take the Senate and House back... and possibly the presidency.... we’re gonna have a truck load of power.
And in related news, the IRS announced it has closed 134 gospel churches that were used for political campaigning, including one where 0bama spoke to a cheering Black crowd.
I miss America. Don’t y’all?
Where are those groups, those PACs, who are constantly collecting donations with promises of fighting this corruption? Where are their ads fighting this unconstitutional power grab?
This action from the IRS makes news the very same week obama is out there telling his supporters that he can’t break the law...huh?!!!
So you’d think any number of these groups could come up with something! But they’re apparently too busy being money raisers and have no incentive to actually do anything to stop the downward spiral.
But Comrade, Organizing for America is an arm of the Party, and the Party and State shall become one. And BHO shall be the Party Secretary, just like Erich Honnecker.
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