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02.27.2014

IRS regs trample Tea Party’s free speech, but unions get to keep their carve-out

A version of this article appeared at the Washington Examiner. By Nathan Mehrens One of the reasons the DISCLOSE Act — legislation designed to squelch 501(c)(4) political speech in and around election time — was defeated in 2010 was the presence of carve-outs written into the bill to exempt favored special interests. Under the proposal, […]

02.24.2014

ALG urges IRS to withdraw anti-free speech regulations, notes failure to include labor union political spending

More than $772 million in union political expenditures ignored by proposed IRS regulation Fairfax, VA – Americans for Limited Government president Nathan Mehrens filed comments with IRS Commissioner John Koskinen today urging the withdrawal of newly proposed regulations governing tax exempt social welfare groups, because […]

02.24.2014

5 Issues the Republicans must win in 2014

[tps_header][/tps_header] By Tom Toth With November’s midterm elections drawing near, Republicans have a chance to take control of the Senate and build a daunting majority in the House of Representatives with resounding election victories across the nation. What’s unclear, however, is whether or not Republicans are prepared […]

02.21.2014

Delaying IRS targeting delays the inevitable

By Robert Romano By hook or by crook, the Obama administration is likely going to get its way on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeting of the tea party and other 501(c)(4) organizations, and those groups will have no other recourse than to challenge the ensuing censorship in […]

02.19.2014

Not even SEIU likes the new IRS rules

By Robert Romano “The rule is so broadly phrased and so categorical, it would be totally inappropriate for unions. It would seriously affect their ability to function as membership organizations.” That was John Sullivan, associate general counsel at the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), quoted in a Washington Post article about the possibility of new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rules currently aimed at 501(c)(4)s eventually targeting (c)(5) […]

02.17.2014

Obama on separation of powers: ‘Catch me if you can’

By Robert Romano “I have never seen a president so brazenly and openly say I’m going to break the rules, I’m going to defy my oath, I’m going to violate the separation of powers, undermine Article 1 — and catch me if you can.” That was nationally syndicated talk show host Mark Levin, talking to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in a February 13 interview . Cruz responded, […]

02.13.2014

The tea party repealed the debt limit? Really?

By Robert Romano Let the blame game begin. The House of Representatives, led by House Speaker John Boehner, turned over control of that body to Nancy Pelosi and Democrats to pass a so-called clean debt limit extension — really it’s been suspended — until March 15, 2015. […]

02.12.2014

House punts on debt ceiling, cedes power of the purse

By Robert Romano Last August, before a partial government shutdown occurred in the ill-fated attempt to defund Obamacare, House Republican leaders were reportedly urging their conference to just wait for the debt ceiling, that that would be the time to achieve some concessions. On August 13, National Review’s Robert Costa reported , “Sources tell me […]

02.11.2014

Clean debt ceiling vote fails to rein in IRS

House Speaker John Boehner as indicated that he plans to introduce a clean bill raising the debt ceiling, failing to answer calls to use the limit as leverage to stop IRS regulations limiting free speech for 105(c)(4) non-profit organizations. Americans for Limited Government President Nathan […]

02.10.2014

If Congress won’t fight on the IRS, what will it fight on?

TAKE ACTION: Click here to stop the IRS assault of the Tea Party By Robert Romano Many groups like Americans for Limited Government (ALG) have been urging members of Congress to refuse to pass the debt ceiling unless there is an explicit prohibition against the Internal Revenue Service from issuing a new regulation severely restricting political activity of 501(c)(4) organizations . In short, the debt ceiling is the only leverage […]

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