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The irs. >> let's stop the charade of pretending these are social welfare organizations, and admit their political, treat them as such, and play by the same rules that everybody on the committee plays for when we're involved in politics. >> representative blumenauer, it's your kind of statements that have empowered irs agents to make determinations about which organizations qualify for the public good and which do not. [applause] >> in order to raise money i filed an application with the irs in january of 2011 seeking to obtain 501(c)(3) status as an educational organization. as of today, i've...

Level has shot up 45 feet. more rain is in the forecast, too, for kansas, missouri, oklahoma, and arkansas, all over the next couple of days. tea party and other conservative groups are giving lawmakers their firsthand account of the kind of scrutiny that they received at the hands of the irs. founder of a group called linchpins of liberty says that he applied for nonprofit status more than two years ago. >> as of today, i've been waiting for 29 months without status. in the inlt rterim i lost a $30 launch grant whose executive director advised me he had never seen such treatment of a 501c-3...

Groups from across the country who were brought in by congress to testify and tell their stories are doing just that, they're going down the line giving their opening statements. i want to play the very first one we heard from. it was powerful and really il us stra tiff of the kind of frustration they've had. this particular group applied for tax exempt status a long time ago and still to this day doesn't have it. >> as of today, i've been waiting for 29 months without status. in the interim, i lost a $30,000 launch grant from a reputable nonprofit whose executive director advised me that he h...

Tax exempt status. we are looking here, a live picture, and they are taking testimony from folks who say they were unfairly targeted by the irs. >> as of today, i've been waiting for 29 months without status. in the interim i lost $30,000 launch grant from a reputable nonprofit whose executive director advised me he had never seen such treatment of 501c3 applicant of this in 25 years of making grants. >> hearing on chill napitol hil the only problem for the irs. irs spending now. want to bring in dana bash on capitol hill who's got her hands on the report. how damaging is is it? >> reporter: t...

Beings to ourselves and properity to oppose and protest the state's stress passinging its limits n order to raise money i filed an application with the irs in the january of 2011 seeking to obtain 501(c)(3) status as an educational organization. as of today, i have been waiting for 29 months without status. in the interim i lost a $30,000 launch grant from a reputable nonprofit whose executive director advised me had never seen such treatment of a 501(c)(3) applicant in his 25 years of making grants. i also lost and continue to lose multiple thousands of my own money and i had to cease any fur...