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IRS official worried targeting tea party groups would be perceived to have ‘some bias’
By Kim Dixon and Kevin Drawbaugh (Reuters) – Internal Revenue Service employees in Ohio, who singled out conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status for extra scrutiny, likely did not consider the political implications, an IRS official in Washington has told congressional investigators. Providing additional details about the worst crisis to…
IRS apologizes for unfairly targeting conservative groups in 2012 election
A representative of the Internal Revenue Service apologized on Friday for the actions of a group of low-level staffers who unfairly targeted conservative groups for review during the 2012 election. According to the Associated Press, Lois Lerner, director of the IRS unit in charge of tax-exempt organizations, said that the…
Minnesota conservative groups recruiting black churchgoers in same sex marriage fight
Religious black voters in Minnesota have become a prized constituency in the fight over a proposed state amendment banning same sex marriage. The Minnesota Star-Tribune reported Tuesday that conservative groups supporting Amendment 1 are recruiting black churchgoers in their efforts to add the amendment, which would define matrimony as being…
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