Tag: Federal Election Commission

Campaign Cash Rules Drown in the Bathtub

Post author By Bill Moyers & Co.
Post date December 24, 2013

I’m speculating here, but as we approach year’s end, I assume that Grover Norquist hasn’t been visited by Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future and found spiritual redemption. Nonetheless, I’m betting that Grover Norquist feels pretty…

Tags Big Government, campaign cash, Campaign Finance Reform, Center for Public Integrity, Citizens United, Congress, corruption, FCC, Federal Election Commission, Grover Norquist, National Association of Broadcasters, political campaigns, Sunlight Foundation

Government

Six Facts Lost in IRS Scandal

Post author By Guest Writer
Post date May 24, 2013

Six Facts Lost in the IRS Scandal by Kim Barker and Justin Elliott, ProPublica In the furious fallout from the revelation that the IRS flagged applications from conservative nonprofits for extra review because of their political activity, some points about the big picture — and big donors — have fallen through the cracks. Consider this our Top […]

Tags ACLU, American Action Network, American Future Fund, Center for Responsive Politics, Charles Koch, Citizens United, Crossroads GPS, Dark Money, David Koch, Federal Election Commission, Internal Revenue Service, Karl Rove, League of Conservation Voters, NAACP, PAC's, Patriot Majority USA, Planned Parenthood, Tea Party

Government

IRS Nonprofit Division: Dysfunction Rules

Post author By Guest Writer
Post date May 19, 2013

(photo courtesy of NY Times) How the IRS’s Nonprofit Division Got So Dysfunctional by Kim Barker and Justin Elliott, ProPublica The IRS division responsible for flagging Tea Party groups has long been an agency afterthought, beset by mismanagement, financial constraints and an unwillingness to spell out just what it expects from social welfare nonprofits, former […]

Tags Federal Election Commission, IRS, IRS Nonprofit Division, IRS's Exempt Organizations, ProPublica, Supreme Court's Citizens United