Posts Tagged ‘IRS’
Tea Party Patriots joins nearly 100 others in signing support letter for IRS free-speech legislation
Tea Party Patriots Co-Founder Jenny Beth Martin this week is among nearly 100 conservative leaders who have signed their names to a letter in support of legislation introduced by Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) that would eliminate the IRS requirement that nonprofit charities in their annual tax filings – specifically, “Schedule B” – disclose their donors’ identities,…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots to Congress: Stop IRS’ free-speech violations!
Tea Party Patriots this week sent a letter to members of Congress asking they support Rep. Peter Roskam’s (R-Ill.) legislation, which would curb the power of the IRS to force nonprofit charities to disclose donor information “As the head of an organization that was itself targeted, and as the representative of hundreds of tea party…
Read MoreIRS releases list of more than 425 organizations targeted for their political beliefs
The Internal Revenue Service after admitting more than three years ago agency officials targeted Americans for their political beliefs has finally released an almost-exhaustive list of the charities it homed in on for extra scrutiny as the agency slow-rolled applications for tax-exempt status. Fox News has the story: The new list shows a total of…
Read MoreReps. DeSantis, Jordan: ‘Congress has the duty to hold [IRS] Commissioner Koskinen accountable’
Two U.S. House members this week published a joint opinion piece decrying President Obama’s crooked IRS Commissioner John Koskinen – both calling for the commissioner to be impeached after the agency executive looked the other way as evidence critical in the agency targeting scandal and subpoenaed by Congress was destroyed. The Washington Examiner has the…
Read MoreWATCH: Attorney For Groups Targeted By IRS Brilliantly Educates Caller About The First Amendment
As the congressional investigation and calls for President Obama’s IRS Commissioner John Koskinen to step down continued to heat up earlier this week, someone called in to a Washington Journal segment on C-SPAN with guest Cleta Mitchell – attorney for Tea Party Patriots and a number of other groups singled out by the IRS –…
Read MoreWATCH: Rep. Louie Gohmert Says ‘Stink’ Of IRS Management ‘Getting Overwhelming’
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) Tuesday during a House Judiciary Committee meeting expressed his “righteous indignation” over the lack of bipartisan uproar regarding allegations top-level IRS officials – specifically, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen – stonewalled and covered their tracks in order to cover up evidence IRS employees targeted Americans for their political beliefs. Western Journalism has…
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