For weeks, leading Democrats have castigated pro-Republican special interest groups involved in the current election campaign for what they describe as secret funding practices.
In an effort to call more attention to the activities of groups like American GPS Carrefour, a fundraising Policy Committee which GOP guru Karl Rove helped put in place, some prominent Democrats and non-partisan election observers have written law enforcement demanding a formal investigation.
But there is little evidence that any relevant agency will start probe in-depth anytime soon.
At the beginning of October, the Liberal group MoveOn.org activists sent a letter to the Department of justice, demanding that he investigate the allegations that the Chamber of commerce of the United States received funds from foreign sources unspecified - elections something the House refuse catégoriquement.Une similar application of a survey sent by Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat Senator to the Federal Election Commission.
To the same time, two policy finance watchdog groups, legal campaign and democracy 21, sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service requesting an investigation if Crossroads GPS infringes his status Centre exempt from tax by spending too much time and resources on electoral propaganda.
Senator Max Baucus, Chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee has also sent a letter to the IRS requesting that he lead a broad "survey" of such groups exempt from tax to see if they follow the rules or the investigation rained merit.
Groups targeted by pro-Democrat and liberal activists to these complaints, including the Chamber of commerce and the crossroads, GPS, insist that they operate entirely within the framework of the Act and vigorously deny any wrongdoing.
And, for the moment there is no evidence that any government agency is going to take urgent action in response to the varying for enquêtes.Un spokesman of the Ministry of justice had no comment and IRS officials say that they never discuss the existence of tax investigations.
But an official familiar with Obama campaign said that the Department of justice is not likely to act at all times Reuters finance administration policy soon on complaints received from the MoveOn.Et other campaign finance monitors say that they see no indication that IRS has decided to initiate an investigation major, although they also say that if such an investigation was underway for the privacy practices of the IRS he could not become public years.(A spokesman for Baucus called the IRS surveys).
Fundraising experts say the Federal Election Commission political stalemate, short staffing and secrecy to the IRS, and a Court Supreme important decision that makes it easier for groups of companies Fund campaign ads have made it very difficult for federal authorities to the same survey, a fortiori crack down on democratic practices and activists complain.
Photo credit: Reuters/Fred Prouser (Karl Rove in July 2008)
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