Watchdog pushes back in IRS campaign finance fight

Watchdog pushes back in IRS campaign finance fight - Washington Times:



"Former Federal Election Commission Chairman Michael Toner said that the debate over the interpretation of the statute has created unusual alliances.

“Fighting additional IRS restrictions on 501(c)(4) entities is one area where advocacy groups on the far left and the far right agree; they are strange bedfellows on this issue,” he said. “What’s different about this campaign finance debate is that it’s not just right-of-center organizations that are opposed to the imposition of additional restrictions on 501(c)(4) entities; both liberal and conservative groups are fighting this battle.”