Dem Senators back IRS effort to institutionalize targeting of conservative groups

February 28, 2014

A group of Democratic Senators are asking the IRS to cap the amount of political activity a 501 (C)(4) group can engage in at 5-15%.The request came in public comments tol new IRS regulations that would institutionalize tea party targeting by infringing on conservative groups' right to free speech.

The Hill:
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-mon...senators-push-to-cap-501c4-political-activity

“You will undoubtedly receive complaints from certain corners that these proposed rules will infringe on First Amendment speech rights,” Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and the other senators wrote to the Treasury Department and the IRS.

In addition to Schumer and Whitehouse, Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) signed the letter.​

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Read more:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog...onalize_targeting_of_conservative_groups.html

So Democrat Senators want to make sure the IRS puts the screws to the Tea Party but let us use groups like ACORN to register as many of our supporters - alive, dead or fictitious - as we can. Does that sound fair to you?