$100 million in Contributions To Non-Disclosing Groups - The Shadow Money Trail - OpenSecrets.org

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The Shadow Money Trail

New on OpenSecrets.org: $100 million in Contributions To Non-Disclosing Groups -
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2012/06/opensecretsorg-is-now-displaying-mo.html

Jun 20 2012 4:15PM

CRP's database now accounts for contributions from about 50 donor organizations to 45 politically active non-profit organizations, which are not required to disclose their donors to the public.

Rich Rewards: One Man's Shadow Money Network
Jun 19 2012 2:59PM

Howard Rich was behind a slickly produced, anti-Earth Day video this year that's been watched more than 2 million times on YouTube. That's just one product to emerge from his tightly-knit network of tax-exempt groups that pass money back and forth and are active political players. The original donors, though, aren't known. Which is just the way he likes it.

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For Friends, Crossroads Helps with the Tab
Apr 18 2012 5:28PM

How did an inherently political group get around the IRS requirement that most of its spending had to be for "social welfare" purposes if it was to maintain its tax-exempt status? By giving to a dozen like-minded, politically active tax-exempt organizations.

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The FreedomWorks Network: Many Connections, Little Disclosure
Mar 16 2012 2:14PM

If six-term Senate veteran Orrin Hatch had gone down to defeat in yesterday's Utah GOP caucuses, Dick Armey might have claimed some credit.
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1. Obama is responsible for not getting the IRS to clamp down on these obvious

abuses of the tax code. He's had the power and the authority for over three years to do so, but he's been too a-f-f-f-fraid that the Big Bad Republicans will Say Something Mean About Him Being a "Socialist".