Republicans on the Federal Election Commission voted to block investigations into two more major political nonprofits that the commission's own staff lawyers argued broke election law in 2010, according to recently released documents.
Continue readingOutside spending favors Jolly in FL-13
Political groups not affiliated with any candidate have already spent more then $3.2 million on the special election for Florida's 13th District, Real-Time FEC shows, and thus far the outside money has favored David Jolly, R, the former lobbyist and staffer for the District's longtime Rep. C.W. "Bill" Young.
Continue readingIRS-gate: Picking on the little guys
As often happens, Washington’s big story of the moment--that the Internal Revenue Service targeted dark money groups that filed for nonprofit status if they had the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their monikers--misses the big point. Of course the IRS should never be used for political purposes; it should apologize for giving an extra scrutiny to groups requesting non-profit status if they appeared to be Tea Party affiliates. Our question is: Why did they pick on the little guys when they’ve got so many larger, more legitimate targets for scrutiny?
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