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The IRS is taking aim at the growing political role of tax-exempt social welfare groups. It's a category of American politics where spending has increased 80-fold in the last decade. Donors can give as much money as they want to these groups, and their names are not disclosed to the public. The IRS wants to roll back the social welfare politicking, after a summer of controversy over the way it treated Tea Party groups applying for tax-exempt status.
NPR's Peter Overby reports.
PETER OVERBY, BYLINE: Social welfare groups are also known as 501(c)(4) organizations under the tax code. But whatever you call them, they've become favored vehicles for big donors giving big money while avoiding public scrutiny.
The IRS would upset that arrangement for 501(c)(4)s. One significant restriction targets a growing activity
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