H.R.3865 - Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act of 2014
To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from modifying the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
This was introduced January 1, 2014 by Dave Camp (R- Mi).
So Dave and republicans now want to make it illegal to follow the letter of the 501(c)(4) tax law and to forbid any changes or solutions in lieu of that; never mind that this is actually legislating lawlessness and central to their fabricated IRS scandal, it also represents approximately one third of the republican platform
The republican platform:
• Benghazi
• anti-PPACA
• IRS
• (with a few more thoroughly debunked back-up scandals: Solyndra; fast & furious; WW II memorial; and contraception as slut shaming which may also resurface if above gambits don't frighten enough people as the republican unraveling continues)
This piece of... legislation that would make it unlawful to follow the actual 501(c)(4) tax law as written.
Here is a list of GOP co-sponsors:
Official Summary
Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act of 2014 - Requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) standards and definitions in effect on January 1, 2010, for determining whether an organization qualifies for tax-exempt status as an organization operated exclusively for social welfare to apply to such determinations after enactment of this Act. Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from issuing, revising, or finalizing any regulation (including proposed regulations), revenue ruling, or other guidance not limited to a particular taxpayer relating to such standards and definitions. Terminates this Act one year after its enactment.
- emphasis added
(short ad - sorry)
transcript @ link:
http://www.nbcnews.com/...
Months ago Lawrence O'Donnell explained where the trouble started:
The real IRS scandal happened in 1959
Looking back a bit, MB called it like it is:
House Democrats condense Issa's 'investigation' of IRS 'scandal' into its essence: A pile of manure
Issa warned us in November 2010, gloated actually, just before he became head of the House Oversight committee, that he would be overseeing seven investigatory hearings a week, 40 weeks a year. Many of those since then have been overblown, partisan affairs at best and cheap-shot smear jobs of President Obama at worst. All of it designed to capture the limelight.
Government should be held accountable. Scandals should be exposed. Reforms should be instituted where problems are uncovered. But using government authority and wasting taxpayer resources to launch baseless attacks for partisan gain and public attention are themselves deserving of some official probing. Perhaps Congressman Issa could focus that Klieg light he loves to wield in another direction—on himself.
With
Reverend Al Sharpton (video) bringing a list the of costly Darrell Issa - fails
So now after months of accusations that the President was in charge of directing the IRS to target teabaggers & "conservatives" with their hyped witch hunt, the republicans put out this new Bill to lock in their fake "social welfare" political machines, blocking any possible remedy to the original problem - that the IRS has been having to decipher exactly what constitutes; primarily social welfare program vs exclusively social welfare program.
republican legislator Dave camp wants to preserve the "rule" or guidelines that flout the actual 501(c)(4) law as written - guidelines that are still the basis behind the original "scandal" followed by Darell Issa's witch hunt
These republicans are truly pathetic - political beliefs trump law (?); written right into the laws title
"lawless" - and it's their latest attack advertising campaign too
- SMH
Also too: Kudos to Elijah Cummings who should be in charge of oversight, for his exposure of Issa's cherry picking to hide the truth. (transcript @ link )
I hope the story of this surfaces to shed more light on these republicans and what they're really up to - their real unadvertised agenda iow's
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