Senate Panel to Hold Hearing on Political Activity of Exempt Orgs

Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation & IRS Oversight to Hold Hearing on the Political Activities of Tax-Exempt Entities

April 27, 2022

Washington, DC — Next Wednesday, May 4, at 2 p.m., the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation & IRS Oversight, chaired by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), will hold a hearing entitled, “Laws and Enforcement Governing the Political Activities of Tax-Exempt Entities.” The hearing will examine the ways in which special interests exploit outdated IRS regulations to funnel enormous quantities of unaccountable dark money into our elections through 501(c)(4) organizations.

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The subcommittee will hear from the following witnesses:

• Philip Hackney, Associate Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, PA

• Bradley A. Smith, Chairman and Founder, Institute for Free Speech, Washington, D.C. Ann M. Ravel, Former Chair (2015), United States Federal Election Commission, Los Gatos, CA

• Scott Walter, President, Capital Research Center, Washington, D.C.