Top Takeaways from American Confidence in Elections Hearing on Protecting Political Speech
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Issues: Elections
"It's almost ten years to the day after the fateful announcement by Lois Lerner and the IRS that the agency was favoring groups when given tax-exempt status. While Congress has passed language on a bipartisan basis each year since 2013 to prevent another Lois Lerner situation, it's time to make those protections permanent. Would you agree?
*All panel members answer yes, except for Stephen Spalding, Vice President of Policy of Common Cause, who won't answer.*
"I will take that as a no."
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