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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOBAMA!!! New Rules Would Rein In Nonprofits’ Political Role
The Obama administration on Tuesday moved to curb political activity by tax-exempt nonprofit organizations, with potentially major ramifications for some of the biggest and most secretive spenders in American politics.
New rules proposed by the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service would clarify both how the I.R.S. defines political activity and how much nonprofits are allowed to spend on it. The proposal covers not just television advertising, but bread-and-butter political work like candidate forums and get-out-the-vote drives.
Long demanded by government watchdogs and Democrats who say the flow of money through tax-exempt groups is corrupting the political system, the changes would be the first wholesale shift in a generation in the regulations governing political activity by nonprofits.
The move follows years of legal and regulatory shifts, including the Supreme Courts Citizens United ruling in 2010, that have steadily loosened the rules governing political spending, particularly by those with the biggest bank accounts: corporations, unions and wealthy individuals.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/27/us/politics/new-campaign-rules-proposed-for-tax-exempt-nonprofits.html?hpw&rref=politics&_r=0&pagewanted=print
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)gopiscrap
(23,733 posts)JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,560 posts)I hope. But I wonder about the last sentence. It seems to me if unions had so much money they would have a lot more pro-labor candidates elected and laws changed, wouldn't they? I think the idea that 'big unions' are a problem because of money to spend during elections is a straw man...........
demosincebirth
(12,536 posts)sheshe2
(83,708 posts)Thanks spanone!
spanone
(135,802 posts)sheshe2
(83,708 posts)He's had it with them and there is no holding him back. He is going to fire every salvo at them now. Look out incoming....Boom Splat gotcha again!
Thank you spanone!
blue14u
(575 posts)to snowball, and bury the GOP!!!
WTG President Obama!!!
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)I have an incredible tolerance for BS, but once I get pushed past a certain point I am done, and will take no more.
Cha
(297,029 posts)activists need to start paying taxes like the rest of us.
Thank you, spanone~
spanone
(135,802 posts)We can do this and the other things at the same time. We're Democrats. Multitasking and complexities don't slow us down.
liberal from boston
(856 posts)Lawrence O'Donnell had a great segment w/panel tonight on the IRS Nonprofits. Link is posted below:
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/big-news-on-the-irs-scandal-74436675516
moondust
(19,966 posts)Seems to be mainly about ending anonymous campaign donations.
Gothmog
(145,046 posts)These rules will make the process fairer