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IRS problem started with vague tax exemption rules
WASHINGTON — In spring 2010, agents in the Cincinnati office of the Internal Revenue Service, which handles applications for tax-exempt status, faced a surge of filings by new advocacy groups, with little guidance on how to treat them. Their...
Tags: Taxation, Legal Services, Internal Revenue Service, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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SEC and political spending
When the Supreme Court — in our view wrongly — ruled that corporations had a constitutional right to spend their money to influence elections, it also said that disclosure of such expenditures "permits citizens and shareholders to react to the...
Tags: Elections, Political Fundraising, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Politics
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Federal Election Commission rules against married same-sex donors
WASHINGTON — Married same-sex couples cannot make joint contributions to federal candidates as opposite-sex couples are permitted to do, the Federal Election Commission said Thursday, a decision that gay rights advocates said reinforced their case...
Tags: Marriage, U.S. Senate, Crime, Law and Justice, Same-Sex Marriage, Republican Party
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Major corporations backed inaugural festivities
WASHINGTON — President Obama's second inaugural committee raised a little more than $43 million to put on the official festivities surrounding his January swearing-in, backed by major donations from some of the country's biggest corporations,...Tags: Coca-Cola Co., Penny Pritzker, Genentech Inc., Career and Workplace, Eli's Cheesecake Company
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Senate candidate seeks ruling on contributions by gay couples
WASHINGTON — While they await a Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, gay rights advocates are taking their fight to a new arena: campaign finance law. A Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts who supports gay marriage has...
Tags: Marriage, Freedom of the Press, Judges, Republican Party, Civil Rights
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Toyota North America, seeking more political clout, forms new PAC
Toyota's North American subsidiary has formed a new political action committee, according to a recent Federal Election Commission filing. The Federal Election Commission "statement of organization" form shows the new PAC listed as "Toyota North...
Tags: North America, Manufacturing and Engineering, Automotive Equipment, Product Recalls, Toyota Motor Corp.
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Conservative groups urge GOP to let budget cuts go forward
WASHINGTON — With little time left to strike a deal to head off Friday’s arrival of the sequester, conservative advocacy groups are urging congressional Republicans to stand firm and let the $85 billion in automatic cuts to this year’s...
Tags: Mark Pryor, Americans for Prosperity, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Supreme Court to consider eliminating political contribution limit
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has agreed to go beyond its controversial Citizens United decision and consider striking down the limit on the total amount that wealthy persons may give to candidates and political parties. The justices voted to hear...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Career and Workplace, Elections, Strikes, Political Fundraising
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Inaugural fundraisers race to meet $50-million goal
WASHINGTON — With less than a week to go before President Obama is sworn in for his second term, fundraisers for the presidential inaugural committee were still working Monday to secure their goal of $50 million in private donations to finance the...
Tags: Finance, United Therapeutics Corp., Genentech Inc., Centene Corporation, Barack Obama
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Paying for Obama's party
Getting elected president costs a lot of money, and so does being inaugurated. In 2009, President Obama's inaugural committee spent $45 million to kick off his first term. Even with scaled-back festivities (two balls instead of 10), this year's...
Tags: George W. Bush, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges, Political Fundraising
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In campaign's final weeks, Romney raised nearly $86 million
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney raised more than $85.9 million in the last two weeks of the presidential race, his campaign announced Thursday, detailing the GOP hopeful’s final money push in his ultimately unsuccessful bid against President Obama. ...
Tags: Los Angeles Times Journalists, Oracle Corp., Online Advertising, Political Fundraising, Mitt Romney
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Crossroads GPS weighs in on 'fiscal cliff'
One of the biggest outside spenders in the 2012 election has turned its focus to the "fiscal cliff" debate. Crossroads GPS, the conservative nonprofit founded in part by GOP strategist Karl Rove, released a new ad Wednesday slamming President Obama's...
Tags: Fiscal Cliff, U.S. Congress, Satellite and Cable Service, Media Industry, Karl Rove
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