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credit: Real Clear Politics Released by the Associated Press on Friday, an inspector general's report regarding the IRS revealed the agency had improperly targeted conservative-leaning groups that were filed tax-exempt under section 501(c) of the Tax Code. In order to be eligible for preferential tax treatment, a
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credit: Real Clear Politics Released by the Associated Press on Friday, an inspector general's report regarding the IRS revealed the agency had improperly targeted conservative-leaning groups that were filed tax-exempt under section 501(c) of the Tax Code. In order to be eligible for preferential tax treatment, a
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credit: Real Clear Politics Released by the Associated Press on Friday, an inspector general's report regarding the IRS revealed the agency had improperly targeted conservative-leaning groups that were filed tax-exempt under section 501(c) of the Tax Code. In order to be eligible for preferential tax treatment, a
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Empty federal courtroom // credit: judicialnominations.org In a rare show of public engagement, the three Republican Federal Elections commissioners authored an op-ed on POLITICO Wednesday. The op-ed served as a defense of the FEC's seeming inability to effectively investigate alleged and blatant campaign finance violations. Meanwhile, campaign finance
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Oleg GawriloFF / Shutterstock.com The imposing debate facing campaign finance reformers in the post-Citizens United landscape may ultimately come down to answering the question, "What does 'independent' really mean?" Is it possible for PACs to spend millions of dollars towards electing a stated candidate with no
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Going into election day on Tuesday, May 7, Elizabeth Colbert Busch (Democrat) and former Governor Mark Sanford (Republican) are closely matched in both poll numbers and funds in the South Carolina special election. The tense first and only debate between the two last week has split spectators on the outcome.
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Erskine Bowles (left) and Alan Simpson (right) // credit. momentoftruthproject.org The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), a nonprofit organization focused on fiscal policy, completed its analysis of the "Bipartisan Path Forward to Securing America’s Future." As the latest policy development from the bipartisan National Committee
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Erskine Bowles (left) and Alan Simpson (right) // credit. momentoftruthproject.org The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), a nonprofit organization focused on fiscal policy, completed its analysis of the "Bipartisan Path Forward to Securing America’s Future." As the latest policy development from the bipartisan National Committee
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Credit: roarofthefour via flickr.com The California Public Policy Center (CPPC) issued a report Wednesday to assess the state's current debt obligations. The authors include William Fletcher, a retired senior vice president at Rockwell International (an industrial manufacturing conglomerate), and Ed Ring, CPPC's research director and
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data source: princeton.edu On the heels of last week’s Supreme Court denial to hear claims that the filibuster presents an unconstitutional practice on the part of the minority in the Senate, competing filibuster reform propositions have sprung up recently. The first was proposed earlier this month by Senator
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source: Center for Political Accountability The Center for Political Accountability analyzed a study this month revealing a slight decrease in shareholder support for greater transparency regarding corporate political spending. Though support remains just below the all time high of 35 percent, the slight trend reversal could signal a shift in
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Another year has passed and a handful of notable media misreports along with it. One of the most prestigious journalists was caught plagiarizing another journalist’s work this year as well as one reporter's serious lack of fact-checking regarding the Aurora shooting. Perhaps the most heinous of media