Lois Lerner Takes The Fifth Again – Political Theater?
After watching the full twenty minutes, I’m still of two minds about which narrative to embrace. It would seem that if Chairman Issa really wants to get at the truth, the simplest thing would be to grant Lois Lerner immunity. The way it is playing now, though, is what makes me suspect Issa and Cummings might be frenemies. That twenty minutes of video provides great clips that they can each use to whip up their base.
CREW Fails To Force IRS To Take Even Harder Stand On 501(c)(4) Political Spending
Last I looked the determination has been delegated to state historic commissions just as the allocation of the low-income housing credit is delegated to state housing agencies. The Federal Election Commission is the agency that is supposed to be enforcing transparency in political spending, let it have the job. Maybe in the meantime, the SEC could require publicly traded companies to disclose their political expenditures.
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