Michigan legislative action thread
Posted on 09/05/2014 7:18:12 AM PDT by Cheerio
Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, is putting the finishing touches on his supposed “investigation” of the IRS scandal that will, in essence, be a press release for the IRS and the administration, a reliable source tells me.
The Michigan Democrat apparently dismisses all of the allegations made over the targeting of tea party and other conservative organizations and instead attacks the Office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, which revealed the scandal when it issued its May 2013 report about the “inappropriate criteria” used to “identify tax-exempt applications for review.”
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So the Democrats are protecting the IRS? Lois Learner? Wow.
Ironically, Judicial Watch has had better luck than Congress.
Carl Levin, the cartoon book worm. A believable crook?? Believable? No. Crook? Of course.
He’s leaving office, so he can be an even bigger jack@ss for the next 6 months.
I wonder if this magic BS he’s going to put out is going to explain all of those missing emails and crashed hard drives.
Old coot likely doesn’t even know what a computer is.
I would like to have Carl Levin wear a wonderful, congratulatory necktie. I believe he has earned it.
New Emails - IRS obtained donor lists for secret research project
He can do what he wants. The House investigation and hearings will proceed and they will not even consider him..
A lot of information came forth over the summer and I’m looking forward to hearing it and seeing IRS officials under oath.
www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3155955/posts
A series of letters between Senator Levin (D-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Investigations, and top IRS officials throughout 2012 discuss how to target conservative groups the senator claimed were “engaged in political activities.” In response to a Levin March 30 letter citing the “urgency of the issue,” then-Deputy Commissioner Steven Miller assured the senator that IRS regulations were flexible enough to allow IRS agents to “ prepare individualized questions and requests” for select 501(c)(4) organizations.
The newly released IRS documents contain several letters and emails revealing an intense effort by Levin and IRS officials to determine what, if any, existing IRS policies could be used to revoke the nonprofit exemptions of active conservative groups and deny exemptions to new applicants. In a July 30, 2012, letter, Levin singles out 12 groups he wants investigated for “political activity.” Of the groups – which include the Club for Growth, Americans for Tax Reform, the 60 Plus Association, and the Susan B. Anthony List – only one, Priorities USA, is notably left-leaning.
As the 2012 presidential election drew nearer, Levin sent a series of letters to the IRS intensifying his campaign against predominantly conservative nonprofit groups:
September 27, 2012 : Levin asks for copies of the answers to IRS exemption application question 15 – a question about planned political expenditures – from four specific groups: Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, Priorities USA, Americans for Prosperity, and Patriot Majority USA.
October 17, 2012 : Miller informs Levin, “As discussed in our previous responses dated June 4, 2012, and August 24, 2012, the IRS cannot legally disclose whether the organizations on your list have applied for tax exemptions unless and until such application is approved.” Miller, however, then informs Levin that Americans for Prosperity and Patriot Majority have been approved, but the IRS has no records for Crossroads and Priorities USA.
October 23, 2012 : Levin writes to again express his dissatisfaction with the IRS handling of “social welfare” (501(c)(4) organizations insisting that IRS guidance “misinterprets the law” by allowing any political activity. He again demands an answer as to whether the four organizations he listed in his previous letter were primarily engaged in the promotion of social welfare. He also seeks copies of tax exempt revocation letters sent due to c4 political activities, as well as statistics on how many c4s have been notified that they may be in violation due to political activities.
In perhaps the most revealing letter from the IRS to Levin, Miller on June 4, 2012, takes 16 pages to explain to the senator what IRS regulations and policies may and may not be used to evaluate political groups and assures him that the agency has considerable leeway in picking and choosing which groups would be subject to additional scrutiny:
There is no standard questionnaire used to obtain information about political activities. Although there is a template development letter that describes the general information on the case development process, the letter does not specify the information to be requested from any particular organization … Consequently, revenue agents prepare individualized questions and requests for documents relevant to the application. . .
Looks like the Democrats are coming up with a narrative to feed to the state-run media.
A lie stuck to is as good as the truth.
RINO senators will form a protective barrier around that geezer Levin, gushing about the “distinguished senator” being “above reproach.”
Levin is a puke.
Another example of a total lack of ethics and integrity in Dem “leaders”
Since, according to Levin’s “unbiaed” report the IRS didn’t target conservative groups and individuals, all the disk drive destroying, email losing, fifth amendment protection seeking, evasive testifying, and general stonewalling was for nothing.
Whenever one reads “Senator Carl Levin said” one is well advised to remember Sen. Carl Levin said = Also Sprach Der OffenJude”.
Levin is hard core Liberal, small “c”, commie. How any Jew can ever tolerate any form of collectivism after the collectivism of the Third Reich collected all Jews and killed them is beyond comprehension. /rant off
LOL!
Lois Lerner already admitted that the IRS wrongly targeted conservatives in her first statement on the IRS corruption:
The truth is slowly getting out through judges orders!
komrade karl strikes again....
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