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American Action Network

Type: Organization

Name: American Action Network

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Six Facts Lost in the IRS Scandal

by Kim Barker and Justin Elliott In the furious fallout from the revelation that the IRS flagged applications from conservative nonprofits for extra review because of their political activity, some points about the big ... [Published ProPublica: Articles and Investigations - May 22 2013]

Entities: Social Welfare, Donor, Elections

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

CREW suing IRS on nonprofit rules

A government watchdog group is suing the IRS, arguing that the agency needs to revise its internal rules on nonprofit status.Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a suit Tuesday in federal district court, asking for a judicial ... [Published Politico - May 21 2013]

Entities: David Gill, Tea Party Movement, Melanie Sloan, American Action Network

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

American Crossroads

In defense of the IRS

A strong meme is developing among conservatives about the IRS, expressed most directly in the headline of a piece in the Washington Examiner by Tim Carney, "The IRS is Deeply Political and Very Democratic." The idea is that the IRS would by its very character ... [Published American Enterprise Institute - May 18 2013]

Entities: American Crossroads, Organism, American Action Network, Tim Carney

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

IRS And 501(c)(4) Damned If They Do Damned If They Don't

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. While heads role at the IRS for allegedly picking on Tea Party groups, the agency is being sued by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) for generally being too easy on 501(c)(4) organizations ... [Published Forbes.com - May 18 2013]

Entities: American Action Network, David Gill, Rob Collins

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Our opinion: Tax law invited abuse

Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller has fallen on his sword for the actions of middle management types who targeted the tea party and other conservative groups that were applying for tax-exempt status. Any misuse of the considerable power of the tax ... [Published Berkshire Eagle - May 17 2013]

Entities: Tax Law, Abuse, Steven Miller, Organism, Social Welfare

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Group Challenges IRS Tax-Exempt Criteria

The advocacy group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is continuing to press ahead with a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service to force it to reject tax exemptions from political groups, despite a high-profile scandal over improper ... [Published Accounting Today - May 17 2013]

Entities: IRS Internal Revenue Service, David Gill, Lawsuit, Melanie Sloan, American Action Network

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

IRS Internal Revenue Service

Conservative Groups Granted Exemption Vastly Outspent Liberal Ones

Conservative nonprofits that received tax-exempt status since the beginning of 2010 and also filed election spending reports with the Federal Election Commission overwhelmed liberal groups in terms of money spent on politics, an analysis of Internal ... [Published Capital Eye - May 16 2013]

Entities: Elections, IRS Internal Revenue Service, American Action Network

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

IRS Targeting Pushed By Democrats Aided Obama Campaign

Posted 06:54 PM ETScandal: Senate Democrats, including supporters of the Disclose Act, provided the names of groups they wanted targeted in a taxpayer-funded witch hunt overseen by an IRS employee and Obama campaign donor.Using the Citizens United case ... [Published Investors Business Daily - May 16 2013]

Entities: Carl Levin, Barack Obama, Citizens United

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

$10.3 million anonymous check funds conservative group

American Action Network raised $22.6 million, and nearly half came from a single donor.Fred Malek, a Republican fundraiser, co-founded the American Action Network.(Photo: Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY)WASHINGTON -- The American Action Network, a conservative ... [Published USA Today - May 15 2013]

Entities: American Action Network, Fred Malek, Donor, IRS Internal Revenue Service

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

Zuckerberg Group Launches $1M Pro-Immigration Bill Ad Buy

On Tuesday, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s political action group, FWD.us, launched a new ad backing the immigration bill pushed by the so-called Senate “Gang of 8.” FWD.us is utilizing an offshoot to push the ad – an offshoot disarmingly titled Americans ... [Published Breitbart.com - May 07 2013]

Entities: Immigration, Chief of Staff, Joel Kaplan, American Action Network

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Rubio's New Pro-S.744 Commercial

This pro-S.744 commercial aired during Fox News’s Special Report with Bret Baier earlier this evening, perhaps marking a new chapter in the immigration debate. It features excerpts from a speech that Marco Rubio made in Las Vegas on April 20th of this ... [Published The Corner on National Review Online - May 07 2013]

Entities: Marco Rubio, American Action Network, Bret Baier, Immigration

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Rubio featured in another TV ad promoting immigration reform

American Action Network said it's paying $300,000 to put this ad on Fox News today through May 9, the day the Senate Commerce Committee takes up the immigration reform bill. It's the second pro-reform ad that has featured Rubio, and is a direct appeal ... [Published St. Petersburg Times - May 01 2013]

Entities: American Action Network

Quotes

...the final weeks of that campaign, AAN spent over $1 million on political advertisements that included demonstrably false statements," CREW claims. "Dr. Gill lost his race by 1,002 votes, or three-tenths of 1 percent of the votes cast, even though nearly every reputable poll showed Dr. Gill leading his opponent, Rodney Davis, by margins ranging from 1 to 9 percent."

Group Challenges 501(c)(4) Tax Break at Center of IRS Rhubarb [Published Courthouse News Service - 16 hours ago]

...is not an independent Chairman who set the agenda and committee assignments and presides over meetings, to quote a Millstein Center 2009 report, "The lead director does not run the meeting. He who sits at the head of the table runs the meeting." According to a June 2012 study of 180 North American companies by GMI ratings, companies with a separate Chair and CEO perform better and are more s...

Aetna's CEO Hosts 2013 Annual Shareholder Meeting (Transcript) [Published Seeking Alpha - May 19 2013]

"The real scandal at the IRS isn’t overly aggressive enforcement against 501(c)(4)s, it is under-enforcement. In this post-Citizens United world, phony non-profits can’t be permitted to exploit our tax laws to allow wealthy donors and corporations to hide their political involvement. Unless courts or Congress force reforms, future problems are inevitable." Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is a non-profit legal watchdog group dedicated to holding public officials accountable for...

In Lawsuit against IRS, CREW Continues Battle to Close 501(c)(4) Loophole [Published Business Wire - May 17 2013]

...They introduced legislation called the DISCLOSE Act that would have forced 501(c)(4)s to reveal their major donors. The bill "would have removed the incentive for any groups engaged in political campaign activities to seek 501(c)(4) tax exempt status in order to hide their donors from public scrutiny" said Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who cosponsored the bill. Multiple versions of the DISCLOSE Act have been introduced in the last three years...

Blame Congress For the IRS-Tea Party Mess [Published Mother Jones - May 17 2013]

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Group Challenges 501(c)(4) Tax Break at Center ... [Published Courthouse News Service - 16 hours ago]
Six Facts Lost in the IRS Scandal [Published ProPublica: Articles and Investigations - May 22 2013]
CREW suing IRS on nonprofit rules [Published Politico - May 21 2013]
Missing the Bigger IRS Scandal [Published Middle East Online - May 20 2013]
Aetna's CEO Hosts 2013 Annual Shareholder Meeti... [Published Seeking Alpha - May 19 2013]
In defense of the IRS [Published American Enterprise Institute - May 18 2013]
IRS And 501(c)(4) Damned If They Do Damned If T... [Published Forbes.com - May 18 2013]
Group Challenges IRS Tax-Exempt Criteria [Published Accounting Today - May 17 2013]
In Lawsuit against IRS, CREW Continues Battle t... [Published Business Wire - May 17 2013]
Blame Congress For the IRS-Tea Party Mess [Published Mother Jones - May 17 2013]
The Great American Descent into Plutocracy (Kroll) [Published Informed Comment - May 17 2013]
Our opinion: Tax law invited abuse [Published Berkshire Eagle - May 17 2013]
Conservative Groups Granted Exemption Vastly Ou... [Published Capital Eye - May 16 2013]
Billionaires Unchained The New Pay-As-You-Go L... [Published PEJ News - May 16 2013]
The Real IRS Scandal [Published Capital Eye - May 16 2013]
Bachmann: IRS scandal 'far worse than Watergate' [Published Minneapolis Star Tribune - May 16 2013]
GOP-Turned-Democrat Outreach Director Slammed R... [Published Sunshine State News - May 16 2013]
IRS controversy may call new attention to big "... [Published Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - May 16 2013]
IRS Targeting Pushed By Democrats Aided Obama C... [Published Investors Business Daily - May 16 2013]
The Real I.R.S. Scandal [Published New York Times - May 16 2013]
IRS Targeting Pushed By DemocratsAided Obama Ca... [Published Lucianne.com - May 16 2013]
$10.3 million anonymous check funds conservativ... [Published USA Today - May 15 2013]
‘Crossroads GPS and Priorities USA were created... [Published Ezra Klein - May 15 2013]
IRS admits singling out conservative groups in ... [Published Brainerd Daily Dispatch - May 15 2013]
Sen. Max Baucus, who’s heading IRS hearings, on... [Published Washington Times - May 14 2013]
The Real IRS Scandal Was Choosing Its Targets P... [Published Time - May 14 2013]
IRS Focus on Tea Parties Stirs Dissent on Healt... [Published Bloomberg - May 14 2013]
BP Ledger, May 13 edition [Published AM 870 The Answer - May 13 2013]
FLASHBACK: NY Times defended IRS targeting tea ... [Published Daily Caller - May 13 2013]
The Media And The IRS Scandal [Published 620 WTMJ - May 11 2013]

Blogs

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The Great American Descent into Plutocracy (Kroll) [Published Informed Comment - May 17 2013] Andy Kroll writes at Tomdispatch.com Billionaires with an axe to grind, now is your time. Not since the days before a bumbling crew of would-be break-in artists set into motion the fabled Watergate scandal, leading to the first far-reaching restrictions ...
Conservative Groups Granted Exemption Vastly Ou... [Published Capital Eye - May 16 2013] Conservative nonprofits that received tax-exempt status since the beginning of 2010 and also filed election spending reports with the Federal Election Commission overwhelmed liberal groups in terms of money spent on politics, an analysis of Internal ...
The Real IRS Scandal [Published Capital Eye - May 16 2013] The real IRS scandal is not the targeting of tea party groups (though that is a scandal); it's the shocking lack of much scrutiny at all of the vast majority of politically active nonprofits that poured hundreds of millions of dollars into our elections ...
‘Crossroads GPS and Priorities USA were created... [Published Ezra Klein - May 15 2013] Karl Rove, head honcho of the noted 501(c)(4) Crossroads GPS, arguably engages more in politics than in social welfare. (Justin Sullivan/GETTY IMAGES) Fred Wertheimer is the founder and president of Democracy 21, a leading campaign finance reform ...
Zuckerberg-Backed 'Americans For a Conservative... [Published Breitbart Feed - May 07 2013] On Tuesday, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s political action group, FWD.us, launched a new ad backing the immigration bill pushed by the so-called Senate “Gang of 8.” FWD.us is utilizing an offshoot to push the ad – an offshoot disarmingly titled ...

Audio/Video

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GOP Feeling Heat From Conservatives On Immigration [Published WSJ.com Video - News - May 01 2013]

Press Releases

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In Lawsuit against IRS, CREW Continues Battle t... [Published Business Wire - May 17 2013]
We Decide: Latinos And The 2012 Election Premie... [Published PR Newswire - Aug 13 2012]