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, […]
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 […]
[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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]