GOP website appears to flout law, lists nonprofit groups as supporters

babylonsister

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Mon Jan-16-06 02:53 PM
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GOP website appears to flout law, lists nonprofit groups as supporters

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/GOP_website_appears_to_flout_law_0116.html

John Byrne
Published: January 16, 2006

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But RAW STORY has found that the Republican National Committee lists a panoply of conservative nonprofits as "GOP groups"--in direct violation of the nonprofit charter.
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At least six "GOP groups" listed and linked on the Republican National Committee website are tax-exempt nonprofits. These include the American Enterprise Institute, American Values, Coalition for Urban Renewal, Frontiers of Freedom, the Heritage Foundation and the Leadership Institute.

If defined as a "GOP group," these organizations would not qualify for tax-exempt status under their charters.

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rfranklin

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Mon Jan-16-06 02:56 PM
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1. Who's gonna stop 'em?

I can't think of anyone.

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ayeshahaqqiqa

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Mon Jan-16-06 02:56 PM
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2. What can we do about it?

This doesn't sound like something the ACLU would handle, but there has to be some group that would want to pursue this legally-perhaps taking away tax exempt status?

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babylonsister

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Mon Jan-16-06 03:19 PM
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3. It doesn't matter; after Rawstory broke this story, the GOP

changed its website: :banghead:

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/GOP_website_appears_to_flout_law_0116.html

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