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Long before the Internal Revenue Service revealed it had improperly targeted conservative 501(c)(4) groups, a group of Democratic senators led by New York Sen. Chuck Schumer urged the IRS to do just that.
The IRS’s admission last Friday that it had singled out tea party and other groups for extra audits and delays has raised concerns that President Barack Obama’s administration quietly attempted to stymy opponents through intimidation. But many prominent Democrats — including Montana Sen. Max Baucus, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State and the New York Times editorial board — had been publicly calling for tighter restrictions on 501(c)(4) groups affiliated with the tea party and conservatives.
Last year, Schumer, along with Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jeff Merkley, Tom Udall, Jeanne Shaheen and Al Franken, penned a letter calling on the agency to cap the amount of the political spending by groups masquerading as “social welfare organizations.”
In the Judiciary Committee Sen. Franken questioned witnesses about the anti-muslim racial profiling that was recently reported.
“I'm sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and disagree with this administration, somehow you're not patriotic. We need to stand up and say we're Americans, and we have the right to debate and disagree with any administration.”
If I'm wrong, please show me where these Senators named the "Tea Party" groups.
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
They didn't target the "Tea Party", they targeted 501(c)4 groups, who may be masquerading as "social welfare organizations", but were really political groups. If the Tea Party groups were doing that, then that's on them. If they were cheating and lying, then they SHOULD be caught in this net.
If I'm wrong, please show me where these Senators named the "Tea Party" groups.
And... the Daily Caller, FF? You have to know they lie.
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
They didn't target the "Tea Party", they targeted 501(c)4 groups,.. .
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
They didn't target the "Tea Party", they targeted 501(c)4 groups, who may be masquerading as "social welfare organizations", but were really political groups. If the Tea Party groups were doing that, then that's on them. If they were cheating and lying, then they SHOULD be caught in this net.
If I'm wrong, please show me where these Senators named the "Tea Party" groups.
And... the Daily Caller, FF? You have to know they lie.
Originally posted by truthermantwo
anyone who takes the side of republican or democrat should find themselves living in a sad version of their own imposing reality on people who really get frustrated by thier back and forth humping motion upon eachother ruining lives by making laws that swoop up people into poverty or prison for their own image and gain, they should feel nothing but shame.
Originally posted by JayinAR
reply to post by neo96
Correction: they all need to go to jail.
I would laugh my arse off if Franken went to jail.
How does that feel, funny man?
Originally posted by neo96
Schumer and Franken!!!!
Oh this gets better and better by the day.
The deliberate targeting of political groups by the left, and yet they don't see they did nothing 'wrong'..
Corrupt politicians a corrupt administration, and a government agency corrupted because of petty politics.
They all need fired.