Politico reports. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus sent a serious shot across the bows of the growing ranks of groups, most of them on the right, playing aggressively in elections under non-profit 501(c)4 and (c)6 status, with a letter asking that the IRS commissioner examine them for violations of tax law.
Month: September 2010
New Senate Ethics travel form calculators online
When are those travel forms due to the Senate Ethics Committee for review and approval? The Senate Ethics Committee launched a new set of calculators to let would-be travelers find out.
Pingree gets ethics word on flights
The Hill reports that the Ethics Committee had weighed in on Rep. Pingree’s apparent use of a private aircraft. The letter released by Lofgren and Bonner notes that family members are allowed to give gifts — like transportation — to members of Congress, and that a fiance counts as a family member. Another report appears […]