shared. it further protects our privacy by banning irs from asking intrusive based on religious, political or social. peter rosscom chief deputy whip, good to see you. thanks, gretchen. there s been a lot of attention on the irs of late with regard to targeting tea party groups. is that the intention of the bill? this came out of the experience of the american people. what we re trying to do instead of being on our heels as a united states citizen lets put irs on its heels. the irs is prohibited from asking questions about political, religious or social views. we heard testimony from a right to life group in iowa where the irs asked them this question in written interrogatories. they said, tell us about your prayer meetings. tell us about the activity of your prayer meetings.
group said wait a minute, irs, you delayed us for two years, you made us produce 23,000 pages of documents which one of the groups had to produce in their quest to become a c 4. we haven t seen any of that. when big brother gets so big they have to know everything about you to be able to give you everything you want, that begins the ruin of our country. i think that s the crossroads where we are right now. that s why the show is so important and why your viewers muflt understand what s at stake here. when government is so big and you want the tax deduction, you have to give them all this information. they say targeting information doesn t live until they mentioned the 23 pages of documents, the leadership institute. 23,000 pages. that s right. the coalition for life of iowa was asked, explain in detail the activity at prayer meetings. provide the percentage of time your group spends on prayer groups compared with other
and say we ve been harassed, one group said wait a minute, irs, you delayed us for two years, you made us produce 23,000 pages of documents which one of the groups had to produce in their request to become a c 4. we haven t seen any of that. when big brother gets so big they have to know everything about you to be able to give you everything you wafrnt, that begins the ruin of our country. i think that s the crossroads where we are right now. that s why the show is so important and when government is so big and you want the tax deduction, you have to give them all this information. they say targeting information doesn t live until they leadership e 23 pages of institute. 23,000 pages. that s right. the coalition for life of iowa was asked, explain in detail the activity at prayer meetings. provide the percentage of time your group spends on prayer groups compared with other
prayer hes at a planned parenthood facility. is that true? this he asked specifically in the document about the activities at the prayer meetings of clients in iowa and also is to know the content of the signs they would hold outside of planned parenthood. if your concern is keeping the charities from doing political work what do you care what they do at prayer meet hinges or outside of a planned parenthood? it is nonpolitical in terms of campaigning. it is perfectly appropriate for public charities. megyn: and they went on to ask whether one of the groups, christian voices for life whether they did education on both sides of the issues. what is that supposed to mean? is this what the christians are supposed to be doing now. we are prolife and we believe life begins at conception but you should know in evaluating our argument how the other side feels. would you ask the naacp if
reports about retaliatory audits they believe were taking place in some cases targeting big republican donors and earlier this week we he spoke with a pro israel group which said the irs challenged it and similar organizations because their policies were not consistent with the president s. last hour we spoke with a lawyer for a prolife group who says that the group faced intrusive questions from the tax man about prayers and other matters that were not appropriate. they asked specifically in the documents about the activities at the prayer meetings of clients in iowa and also to know the content of the signs they would hold outside of planned parenthood. if your concern is keeping 501 c 3 charities from doing political work why do you care what they do at prayer meetings or outside of a planned parenthood? they are not canvassing voters here. it is nonpolitical in terms of campaigning. it is perfectly approach fit