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& m, but only two american companies, abercrombie & fitch as well as the parent company of calvin klein and tommy hilfiger have joined them. from the signs of it other major u.s. clothing chains from walmart to gap to target won't be supporting the effort any time soon. why? well, the retailers believe the agreement would give labor groups and others the powers to take them to court. matthew shay of the natural federal retail federation says the accord exposes american companies to a legally questionable binding arbitration provision, a process that serves only the unions, not the workers they...

>> there are restrictions now on the kinds of activities that for example 501(c)3 and(c)4 organizations can engage in. that are being abused not just by people on the right. but most of the so-called charitable organizations who are involved in political activity in this country, who are in my judgment involved in arguable violations of the tax-free stats and violation of campaign laws happen to be groups on the left. >> whether another 26 years will pass before the issue is taken up again is anybody's guess, joining us now is "new york times" political reporter nick confosori. you're the ace ...

Cincinnati, is it's very clear that even internally at the front line, people working on these applications at the irs in cincinnati didn't really understand the rules about what (c)4s are allowed and disallowed from doing in elections. so if the agency doesn't even understand its own rules on this, how can anybody else? >> and it brings to the fore the question of what is social welfare, right? i mean i have, i think a lot of people have a hard time understanding crossroads and priorities usa to be social welfare groups. they would seem to be decidedly political groups. and i wonder how much ...

Retailers and brands have signed on to the agreement, including h & m, but only two american companies, abercrombie & fitch as well as the parent company of calvin klein and tommy hilfiger have joined them. from the signs of it other major u.s. clothing chains from walmart to gap to target won't be supporting the effort any time soon. why? well, the retailers believe the agreement would give labor groups and others the powers to take them to court. matthew shay of the natural federal retail federation says the accord exposes american companies to a legally questionable binding arbitration prov...

Biannual rite of passage. whereby we do this thing and nothing actually happened. >> it's like spring cleaning. >> like switching out the sweat ars, time to put the tank tops in. >> what was the question? >> just to melissa's point, this is all -- i think i don't want to undermine the fact that there are some issues, that we should be thinking and talking about. but we're not actually having that conversation. >> sure, i actually think the irs issue, let's get rid of "scandal," it is an issue. they should not be providing filters to the groups. i think the subpoenaing of the a.p. records is a ...