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  IRS law a ‘disaster waiting to happen’

Has campaign finance brought social welfare groups into the spotlight?

  The UP panel talks about the evolution of campaign finance and how it’s impacted politics, working families and the economy.

IRS acting commissioner testifies on agency targeting Tea Party groups

  NBC’s Luke Russert reports on IRS acting commissioner Steven Miller’s testimony in front of Congress on Friday regarding the IRS scandal. Rep. Earl Blumenauer of the House Ways and Means Committee also joins The Cycle to discuss.

Since Citizens United, 501(c)(4) applications skyrocketed

  The New York Times’ Nick Confessore gives Alex Wagner and the NOW panel the 411 on 501(c)(4) taxes.

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  The real scandal at the IRS

The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing next week on the IRS' review of applications for 501(c)(4) tax-exempt status. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell discusses the real IRS scandal with Melanie Sloan, the Executive Director for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

  Deep Dive:  Explaining 501(c)4s and 501(c)3s

Chuck Todd takes a Deep Dive look into what exactly the IRS is being criticized for, the way in which they tried to determine if conservative groups were eligible for tax-exempt statuses, and explains what exactly it means to be a 501(c)4s and 501(c)3s group.

  Inspector General report on IRS

President Obama responds to the Treasury Inspector General's report which found that IRS officials used "inappropriate criteria" in evaluating organizations' applications for 501(c)(4) tax-exempt status. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell discusses with former House Judiciary Committee counsel Julian Epstei

  Potential misuse of power strikes universal nerve in IRS case

Rachel Maddow explains the farcical tax code that allows 501(c)(4) groups to pretend to be social welfare groups while really being political activist organizations and points out that the impression of abuse of power is the real reason for concern in the current scandal surrounding IRS targeting of

  Absurd tax law complicates real concerns of IRS abuse

Congressman Adam Schiff, Democrat of California, whose concern about how the IRS directs its investigations goes back to the targeting of progressive churches during the Bush administration, talks with Rachel Maddow about the challenge of keeping the IRS above reproach without discouraging it from p

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