Posted on 02/13/2014 8:25:16 AM PST by mandaladon
Two years ago, Democrats bragged about raising a billion dollars to re-elect Barack Obama. They had super-PACS like House Majority PAC and Priorities USA Action raise tens of millions of dollars to backstop both the presidential and Congressional races in the last cycle. Now that Priorities Action USA has taken a seat on the sideline and Republicans and conservatives are raising tens of millions of dollars against them, Senate Democrats want IRS intervention to curb the very same channels that they exploited so well in the 2012 election: Senate Democrats facing tough elections this year want the Internal Revenue Service to play a more aggressive role in regulating outside groups expected to spend millions of dollars on their races.
In the wake of the IRS targeting scandal, the Democrats are publicly prodding the agency instead of lobbying them directly. They are also careful to say the IRS should treat conservative and liberal groups equally, but they’re concerned about an impending tidal wave of attack ads funded by GOP-allied organizations. Much of the funding for those groups is secret, in contrast to the donations lawmakers collect, which must be reported publicly.
One of the most powerful groups is Americans for Prosperity, funded by the billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch. It has already spent close to $30 million on ads attacking Democrats this election cycle.
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Tea Party: Screw the tax exempt status. Organize without it.
The Rats not in the Executive Branch are getting worried. Something's up.
Indeed, the Democorrupt Party would have none of that. They would find another way to criminally harass them.
There are a lot of commie lib DemocRATS who need to be in prison. This is not how America is supposed to work.
Ah, the Democrats are at it again. The only comfort I can take in this is to know that the Democrats are at a sore disadvantage when there is a level playing field.
Absolutely.
Its probably better...you just have the FEC to worry about.
They hate it when they run out of other peoples money.
translation: Hey, how come only Obama gets to use the IRS to screw his opponents?
They are beyond contempt.
Why aren't THOSE dudes and dudettes in prison? Because the likes of Bonehead and Mitch baby are busy ripping Tea Party and Cruz apart in public. Dems don't have to rip us when our own do it for them. Thanks Karl Marx Rove, too. He's disgusting.
That Tea Party Patriot gal in TX was visited by all types of Gubmet agencies, OSHA, IRS, etc. Oh sure nothing for 20 years of business, but it's just a coincidence.
YES prison is in order. Keep calling. Keep writing letters to the editors, etc. Never give up.
Isn’t it illegal for an elected official to abuse the power of anther branch to attach Americans?
Tis an interesting, but not original Democrat election strategy... outlaw your opponents. If I was North Korea, China and/or Iran I would join in a class action lawsuit and demand royalties for stolen ideas! Could be copyright infringement ya know?
It seems very few pubbies care enough to do anything. Oh, some put up a good rant during congressional show hearings, but the fact is the rats are doing what the GOPE dare not.
Uniparty Police State America 2014 is a reality.
“Ah, the Democrats are at it again. The only comfort I can take in this is to know that the Democrats are at a sore disadvantage when there is a level playing field.”
They of course know this, which is why they make it their business to make certain that the playing field is not level.
Just goes to show how nuts these people are when it comes to holding on to their power.
What’s disturbing is these people and their supporters, including much of the media, see no problem with this abuse of power.
CGato
Is this my money their are using!!?
Are you serious??
Surely everybody knows that is illegal, has never happened before and will never be allowed to happen!
Obastard assured us of that.
Too many times to count!
Yeah, but somebody has to enforce it.
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