[EL] "Den of Liberals"
Mark Schmitt
schmitt.mark at gmail.com
Sun May 19 15:59:49 PDT 2013
Before everyone gets too excited about this, as I pointed out to Dave
Weigel, these numbers don't prove much of anything. The total number of
IRS employees in the Cincinnati area who made any federally reportable
political contribution at any time since 2007 is nine. In a very large
office. (There may be others who reported "US Govt" or "Treasury" as
their employer, or who live in Kentucky, but I just recreated Tim
Carney's CRP search.)
And the 40-27 Dem-Republican split among unionized federal employees
that Dave cites is only a tiny bit more Democratic than the national
party i.d. split at the time of that poll -- 36D-27R in November, 2011.
IRS looks a lot like America to me -- not very interested in politics,
and not very many Republicans.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Rick Hasen" <rhasen at law.uci.edu>
To: "law-election at UCI.edu" <law-election at uci.edu>
Sent: 5/19/2013 3:21:25 PM
Subject: [EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/19/13
>“A Den of Liberals: The IRS, like most government agencies, leans left.
>It’s just a fact of life”
>Posted onMay 19, 2013 12:19 pmbyRick Hasen
>Weigel:
>
>>In theory, the civil-servant structure should make an organization
>>less prone to an eruption of bias or of hive-mind behavior. But that’s
>>not how it works. Liberals are more likely to enter the civil service,
>>and to stick to it, than conservatives are. And why not? Conservatives
>>want to shrink the size of government; Republicans have negotiated
>>deals federally, and in the states, that slashed or froze the size of
>>the bureaucracies. Ron Swanson aside, the public sector is no place
>>for a libertarian.
>>
>>Every single number proves this. Tim Carney has collected the campaign
>>finance figures for IRS employees nationally and in the Cincinnati
>>office. In the past three election cycles, IRS workers donated
>>$247,000 to Democrats and $145,000 to Republicans. In Ohio, the number
>>was skewed even further—75 percent to Democrats. According to a 2011
>>Gallup poll, around 40 percent of unionized federal employees
>>identified as Democrats; only 27 percent identified as Republicans.
>>State and local government employees are far more likely to be
>>Democrats than Republicans.
>>
>Posted incampaign finance, tax law and election law|Comments Off
>“IRS Scandal, Day 10″
>Posted onMay 19, 2013 12:17 pmbyRick Hasen
>TaxProf has an extensive collection of links. Here is the most recent
>set of coverage (and this SNL skit). Earlier coverage:
>
>IRS Admits to Targeting Conservative Groups in 2012 Election (May 10,
>2013) WaPo and WSJ Agree: IRS Targeting of Conservatives Is Appalling
>(May 11, 2013) Schmalbeck on the IRS ‘Targeting’ of Conservative Groups
>(May 12, 2013) The Deepening IRS Scandal (May 13, 2013) The IRS
>Scandal, Day 5 (May 14, 2013) Jon Stewart and Vic Fleischer on the IRS
>Scandal (May 14, 2013) Inspector General: Ineffective IRS Management
>Allowed Agents to Target Conservative Groups (May 14, 2013) The IRS
>Scandal, Day 6 (May 15, 2013) Ellen Aprill, The TIGTA Report on the IRS
>Scandal: Questions About the IRS and About the Report (May 15, 2013)
>Phillip Hackney, The TIGTA Report on the IRS Scandal: Be on the Lookout
>for False Partisan Witchunts (May 15, 2013) The IRS Scandal, Day 7 (May
>16, 2013) The IRS Scandal, Day 8 (May 17, 2013) The IRS Scandal, Day 9
>(May 18, 2013)
>Posted incampaign finance, tax law and election law|Comments Off
>“Higher-Ups Knew of IRS Case”
>Posted onMay 19, 2013 12:06 pmbyRick Hasen
>WSJ reports.
>
>Posted incampaign finance, tax law and election law|Comments Off
>“How the IRS Spun Out of Control”
>Posted onMay 19, 2013 12:05 pmbyRick Hasen
>LA Times deep dive.
>
>Posted incampaign finance, tax law and election law|Comments Off
>“Confusion and Staff Troubles Rife at I.R.S. Office in Ohio”
>Posted onMay 19, 2013 12:03 pmbyRick Hasen
>Extensive front-page NYT report.
>
>Posted incampaign finance, tax law and election law|Comments Off
>“IRS Scandal is About Donors, Not Tax”
>Posted onMay 19, 2013 12:01 pmbyRick Hasen
>Roger Colinvaux has written this CNN oped.
>
>Posted incampaign finance, tax law and election law|Comments Off
>“Shareholders press companies to disclose more about political
>spending”
>Posted onMay 19, 2013 11:58 ambyRick Hasen
>WaPo reports.
>
>Posted incampaign finance|Comments Off
>“Dan Morain: Donors’ millions kept undercover”
>Posted onMay 19, 2013 11:57 ambyRick Hasen
>New SacBee column.
>
>Posted incampaign finance, tax law and election law|Comments Off
>CCP Comments to House Ways & Means on IRS Scandal
>Posted onMay 17, 2013 5:16 pmbyRick Hasen
>Here.
>
>Posted incampaign finance, tax law and election law|Comments Off
>Disclosure of 501c4 Files to Pro Publica Was “Inadvertent”
>Posted onMay 17, 2013 5:11 pmbyRick Hasen
>See the Update at the bottom of this Pro Publica story.
>
>Posted incampaign finance, tax law and election law|Comments Off
>“IRS Scandal Rooted in Money, Power and Washington”
>Posted onMay 17, 2013 5:09 pmbyRick Hasen
>Bloomberg View:
>
>>Until Congress passes the Disclose Act, which would end the practice
>>of anonymous political spending, the IRS will continue to oversee
>>groups that spend millions to influence the political process. What’s
>>more, well-financed, powerful groups with deep political connections
>>and access to first-rate legal advice will continue to whiz through
>>the IRS express lane while genuine citizen organizations,
>>Tea-Party-inspired and otherwise, will endure long waits to have their
>>applications approved. The inspector general found one hapless
>>applicant waiting 1,138 days for approval. We don’t know the victim’s
>>name. We’re pretty sure it wasn’t “Rove.”
>>
>I make the pitch for DISCLOSE II to solve the broader IRS problem here.
>
>Posted incampaign finance, tax law and election law|Comments Off
>“How the IRS’s Nonprofit Division Got So Dysfunctional”
>Posted onMay 17, 2013 2:28 pmbyRick Hasen
>Must-read Pro Publica deep dive.
>
>Posted incampaign finance, tax law and election law|Comments Off
>“How to Stop the Next IRS Scandal”
>Posted onMay 17, 2013 1:43 pmbyRick Hasen
>Jonathan Bernstein wants unlimited disclosed contributions to
>candidates.
>
>Posted incampaign finance, tax law and election law|Comments Off
>Read About How Lerner Planted Question with Lawyer at ABA Tax Meeting
>Posted onMay 17, 2013 1:26 pmbyRick Hasen
>Here.
>
>Posted incampaign finance, tax law and election law|Comments Off
>“Official Says Treasury Dept. Knew of I.R.S. Inquiry in 2012″
>Posted onMay 17, 2013 12:10 pmbyRick Hasen
>NYT on today’s hearing.
>
>Posted incampaign finance, tax law and election law|Comments Off
>“House panel opens hearing on IRS targeting of conservative groups”
>Posted onMay 17, 2013 12:07 pmbyRick Hasen
>WaPo reports.
>
>Posted incampaign finance, tax law and election law|Comments Off
>“IRS Speaks Out: We Messed Up, But We Would’ve Scrutinized Tea Partiers
>Anyway”
>Posted onMay 17, 2013 11:41 ambyRick Hasen
>Andy Kroll reports for Mother Jones.
>
>Posted incampaign finance, tax law and election law|Comments Off
>Two from Bloomberg on IRS
>Posted onMay 17, 2013 11:25 ambyRick Hasen
>IRS Probe Sheds Light on Nonprofit Election-Year Surge
>
>Exiting IRS Chief Denies Targeting as Republicans Pounce
>
>
>
>Posted incampaign finance, tax law and election law|Comments Off
>“New IRS List Harms Tax-Exempt Groups”
>Posted onMay 17, 2013 11:23 ambyRick Hasen
>CCP release.
>
>Posted incampaign finance|Comments Off
>“Election Finance Reform: Viable Proposals vs. Long-Term Goals”
>Posted onMay 17, 2013 11:21 ambyRick Hasen
>Raph Graybill blogs.
>
>Posted incampaign finance|Comments Off
>“IRS Rationale for Tea Party Scandal Is Debunked by Data”
>Posted onMay 17, 2013 11:17 ambyRick Hasen
>Important item in the Chronicle of Philanthropy (via Jonathan Adler).
>
>Whether or not the total number of c4 applications were going up, c4
>political spending was exploding, beginning with WRTL and continuing
>into Citizens United. See my charts here from last year’s presentation
>at Stanford PACs, based upon data from the Center for Responsive
>Politics.
>
>Posted incampaign finance, tax law and election law|Comments Off
>“At Cincinnati IRS office, surprise over claims of partisan villainy”
>Posted onMay 17, 2013 11:15 ambyRick Hasen
>WaPo went to talk to the Cincinnati office workers.
>
>Posted incampaign finance, tax law and election law|Comments Off
>
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