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become part of. and i m terrified it is slipping away. wow. that s all i could say. one of the targeted leaders, the one you just heard right here right now. neil: welcome. glad to have you. today it was their turn to tell their side of the story. a half dozen leaders of conservative groups, testifying on capitol hill, clearing the air about a tax agency they say unfairly singled them out and some democrats tried to paint them as the problem. emotional testimony today. a group was asked to fill out, among the long list of irs questions and spent nearly two years, two years, fighting for tax exempt status. becky is with us now. you brought down the house, young lady. man, oh, man, visiting testimony. about. neil: 90. after we filled out a complete mix. give me some examples. they wanted our donor s names, how much the donationses were, 501(c)(4)s do not have to disclose that information. why the irs doesn t now that is beyond me. they wanted us to identify ....
wow. that s all i could say. one of the targeted leaders, the one you just heard right here right now. neil: welcome. glad to have you. today it was their turn to tell their side of the story. a half dozen leaders of conservative groups, testifying on capitol hill, clearing the air about a tax agency they say unfairly singled them out and some democrats tried to paint them as the problem. emotional testimony today. a group was asked to fill out, among the long list of irs questions and spent nearly two years, two years, fighting for tax exempt status. becky is with us now. you brought down the house, young lady. man, oh, man, visiting testimony. about. neil: 90. after we filled out a complete mix. give me some examples. they wanted our donor s names, how much the donationses were, 501(c)(4)s do not have to disclose that information. why the irs doesn t now that is beyond me. they wanted us to identify our volunteer names, they wanted contact of all the for ....
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parade yesterday and tried to get back in step with the party. the supreme court has spoken. while i agreed with the dissent, that is taken over by the fact that the majority of the court said it s a tax and therefore is it a tax. they have spoken. there is no way around that. romney is often accused of hypocrisy for opposing mandate and penalty as part of healthcare when he implemented both in massachusetts. he found the defense from the very chief justice whose overall decision he disagrees with. the chief justice in his opinion made it clear at the state level the states have the power to put in place mandates. they don t require it to be called taxes to be called constitutional. he dismissed the mounting criticism that he is missing opportunity to gain ground on the president. he said they like their message and the position and have no plans to change this, john. john: glad you finally cleared that up for us. tax versus penalty. john: good to see you ....
evolving narrative on the campaign trail. chief political correspondent carl cameron has details. exactly a week after the supreme court ruled, the individual mandate on obamacare constitutional as a tax, unconstitutional as a penalty, the president pronounced it permanent. i ll work with anybody who wants to work with me to continue to improve our healthcare system and our healthcare laws. the law i passed is here to stay. while the president agrees with the overall decision, the aides this morning say he disagrees with the agreement that the mandate is a tax. insisting it s a penalty. it s a penalty. through the tax code. review the court transcripts, ryan. at no point did the government lawyers say it was a tax. in fact, solicitor general donald burilli did call at it tax and argued that the court had a duty to consider it as such. not only is it fair to read it as exercise of the tax power, this court has abobligation to construe it as exercise of tax ....