http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2014/04/23/3429722/irs-records-tea-party/
CREDIT: AP
A series of IRS documents, provided to ThinkProgress under the Freedom of Information Act, appears to contradict the claims by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and his House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that only Tea Party organizations applying for tax-exempt status “received systematic scrutiny because of their political beliefs.” The 22 “Be On the Look Out” keywords lists, distributed to staff reviewing applications between August 12, 2010 and April 19, 2013, included more explicit references to progressive groups, ACORN successors, and medical marijuana organizations than to Tea Party entities.
and all this time republican have been riding that dead horse of being picked on by the IRS, self important rant or delusions of grandeur, or just strait up exaggeration to try and garner the pity vote and bloody the nose of those mean gov't agencies they are trying to dissolve?
Explicit references to “Tea Party,” included in the “emerging issues” section of the lists, also began in August 2010 — but stopped appearing after the May 10, 2011 list. From that point on, the lists instructed agents to flag all political advocacy groups of any stripe.
The documents instructed the agents to forward any “organization involved with political, lobbying, or advocacy” applying for 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) status be forwarded to “group 7822″ for additional review. Groups under both categories are limited in the amount of of lobbying and political activity each can undertake.
why wasn't Issa concerned about other agencies and not just right wing ones, maybe because it would not drive his deceptive witch hunt and nullify the fact that he was wrong and still spending tax payer money for his own folly. and no republican has voiced a "this is too much" and shut his millions in failed self made scandals. who is the drunken sailor with a blank check now?
