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You may remember that the mainstream media and liberal politicians began saying several weeks ago that early reports of the IRS targeting organizations and individuals based on political ideology...

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Representative Dave Camp (R-Mi.), the Chairman of the House of Representatives powerful Committee on Ways and Means, issued the following statement in response to the filing of NOM's lawsuit agai...

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In addition to the important announcement today that NOM has filed suit against the IRS, two other stories are drawing heat for the Government agency today: As part of the shutdown of the Federal...

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The politicization of the IRS (and other law enforcement agencies of the federal government) is a dangerous development, a threat to the liberty of every citizen, and it needs to be stopped.  NO...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 3, 2013 Contact: Elizabeth Ray or Matille Thebolt (703-683-5004) “We can prove that NOM’s confidential tax return was released by the IRS and went to our chief ...

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At The Washington Times, Stephen Dinan reports that "The National Organization for Marriage will sue the IRS on Thursday, saying it has evidence that someone within the agency leaked the organiz...

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Dear Marriage Supporter, NOM's chairman, Professor John Eastman, will be speaking at the Heritage Foundation about 'Political Speech and the IRS: Protecting the First Amendment.' One of the first...

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Dear Marriage Supporter, You may have missed it since the news just came through on Friday, but House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa announced that he is officially investigating how N...

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At NRO's The Corner, Eliana Johnson reports that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, headed by Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Ca.), will be investigating the politically-motivated tar...

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Continuing a pattern of lawlessness across the nation, the IRS and U.S. Treasury Department have also overstepped their authority by granting federal tax treatment to "married" same-sex couples.�...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 29, 2013 Contact: Elizabeth Ray or Jen Campbell (703-683-5004) "The Treasury Department is grossly overstepping its authority. This is a nation of laws. Only Congres...

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Like the proverbial onion, the more layers you pull back the more you discover in the on-going investigation of the IRS and the woman at the center of the scandal: Lois Lerner. Townhall.com repor...

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As much of official Washington—and the rest of the nation for that matter—are in full summer malaise mode, a smoking gun has emerged in the on-going investigation of the Internal Revenue Serv...

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Scott Varland over at the American Thinker cites John Eastman’s recent House testimony as some of the strongest evidence yet that the IRS broke federal law: Dr. John Eastman (Chairman of the Bo...

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Edward Morrissey writes in The Fiscal Times: Outrage over political targeting on tax-exempt applications from conservative groups, as well as selective leaking of confidential tax information of ...

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Jonah Goldberg's latest syndicated column: "...Then there’s the IRS. We already have evidence of abuse there. For instance, the National Organization for Marriage, which opposes same-sex marria...

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Dear Marriage Supporter, I just finished writing this email and now I'm off to proudly attend the Tea Party Patriots' "Audit the IRS" rally on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. I will be standin...

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John Jessup of CBN News produced a special report for the 700 Club on NOM's decision to sue the IRS: "...Dr. Eastman's group believes someone in the IRS illegally gave its private donors' list to...

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Our Chairman John Eastman told Rep. Blumenauer during his testimony before Congress that the congressman's claim was "preposterous" that groups such as NOM should not be considered a social welfa...

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Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus on the revelations made by NOM's Chairman John Eastman: "...The IRS’s targeting of conservative groups, it seems, may go beyond just harassing those gro...

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Our president was recently on a special segment of Hannity on FOX News and shared his story. When he said "Our donors are not going to be intimidated, we're going to fight this" the studio audien...

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Ian Tuttle of National Review Online gives one of the most thorough explanations to date about what we know about the IRS leaking NOM's confidential tax returns: "... investigation could help to ...

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Dear Marriage Supporter, The audience at a congressional hearing isn't supposed to give applause, but they did when they heard what our Chairman John Eastman had to say. Let me explain why his te...

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John Eastman personally appeared or his testimony was featured in several major broadcasts last night (and more to come!)-- watch for yourself: Fox Business - Cavuto: Watch the latest video at vi...

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This video is quickly making the rounds today -- it showcases our chairman Prof. John Eastman making very effective use of his time to underscore one of the causes of the systematic IRS abuses: "...

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Dozens and dozens of major news outlets have picked up on the revelations made by our chairman, Prof. John Eastman, during his testimony today before the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee -- th...

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At 10AM this morning NOM's Chairman, Prof. John Eastman, will be testifying before the Ways & Means Committee: You can watch it online here at UStream or here or at C-SPAN.org.

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The Hill: Six groups have been scheduled to give first-person accounts of the IRS’s targeting of conservative organizations on Tuesday, the House Ways and Means Committee announced Monday. The ...

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Watch with us (via FoxNews.com here) as the House Oversight Committee asks questions to key IRS officials about the IRS targeting conservative groups (including NOM).

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The ongoing IRS scandal continues to expose the egregious government abuse of power toward groups opposing the liberal ideologue-machine currently occupying the White House. I'm proud to say that...

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WorldMag: WASHINGTON—The National Organization for Marriage intends to sue the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) next week amid allegations that the government tax-collecting agency leaked confide...

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Amidst all the activity last week we forgot to mention that NOM was also mentioned during this Special Report segment:

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Sen. Ted Cruz (TX) used NOM's example as a particularly egregious example of the IRS targeting conservative groups:

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Here are some highlights from yesterday's Ways and Means House Committee hearing on the IRS targeting conservative groups. NOM's case was mentioned several times:

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Our Chairman John Eastman explained to listeners of the Mike Huckabee show what is happening and why it matters:

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Neil Cavuto on FoxNews Business devoted an entire segment last night during prime time to our announcement we will sue the IRS for illegally divulging our confidential tax returns:

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Today Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell discussed at length NOM's situation on the floor of the U.S. Senate and says it merits investigation: ...“Last May, Senator Hatch — the top Repub...

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Last night our Chairman John Eastman appeared on Greta Van Susteren to discuss the IRS leak of NOM's documents:

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NOM's Chairman John Eastman has published a column in USAToday which we urge you to read and share! "...For the IRS to leak any organization's tax return to its political opponents is an outrageo...

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Dear Marriage Supporter, Of all the scandals plaguing the Obama administration this week, the revelation that the Internal Revenue Service targeted Tea Party and conservative groups for harassmen...

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More and more top news outlets are drawing attention to this important story! Politico: "...In April 2012, the Huffington Post and the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group, posted IRS docume...

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Our press release yesterday is now top news on Drudge Report this morning: That headline links to this story on Brietbart.com: One of President Barack Obama's re-election campaign co-chairmen use...

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Shout-out to John Hayward of Human Events for including NOM's longstanding complaint along with other alleged IRS abuses: "...The National Organization for Marriage, a prominent group that holds ...

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James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal lists our case as a possible example of the IRS targeting groups for ideological reasons: • In March 2012, the Puffington Host published a confidential ...

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Matt K. Lewis of The Daily Caller points out that most reporters have neglected to report that the IRS is guilty not only of targeting conservative groups, but also of leaking NOM's private tax d...

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Our press release today on the growing IRS scandal and its connection to what happened to our private tax return is gaining attention -- including on capitol hill and Politico: The National Organ...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 13, 2013 Contact: Elizabeth Ray or Jen Campbell (703-683-5004) "There is little question that one or more employees at the IRS stole our confidential tax return and lea...

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This news should prompt a renewed investigation into how our confidential tax documents were released by the IRS: The Internal Revenue Service inappropriately flagged conservative political group...

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The fiscal cliff deal signed by President Obama earlier this month comes down especially hard on married individuals, many of whom were already penalized by the Affordable Care Act: It pays to be...

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Roll Call: As evidence mounts that the IRS is more closely scrutinizing politically active nonprofit groups, Republicans on Capitol Hill have lashed out with assaults on the tax agency and fresh ...

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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell spoke Friday at the American Enterprise Institute on the growing threats to the First Amendment rights of Americans. As part of that speech he mentioned t...

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Hans von Spakovsky is a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation's Center for Legal and Judicial Studies and writes in FoxNews: "...Somehow, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a gay advocacy group,...

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FoxNews.com: Sen. Orrin Hatch is calling on the IRS to investigate whether someone on the inside could have leaked the private tax files of a prominent anti-gay marriage group. Hatch, in a letter...

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The spokesperson for HRC in this story continues to try to misdirect away from the main question: did HRC illegally receive and disseminate private, federally protected tax information? A spokesm...

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NewsMax on the news we reported earlier this morning about ongoing developments in our quest for definitive answers from the IRS about the leak of our confidential tax documents to the HRC: U.S. ...

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Matt K. Lewis at the Daily Caller: The saga over who leaked the IRS documents continues… In a letter to IRS Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of...

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NOM Chairman of the Board John Eastman discusses the IRS leak of NOM's private tax information: "There are only a couple explanations : either somebody illegally hacked into the IRS computer syst...

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Rob Bluey of the Heritage Foundation's investigative unit with an exclusive update for Breitbart.com: The National Organization for Marriage is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigat...

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President Obama and HRC, taking pages out of each other's playbooks? Try this thought experiment: You decide to donate money to Mitt Romney. You want change in the Oval Office, so you engage in y...

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Erick Erickson, CNN political analyst and founder of RedState writes: Someone within the Internal Revenue Service leaked to the gay-rights organization Human Rights Campaign the private Form 990 ...

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Christine Dhanagom of LifeSiteNews: The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is calling for an investigation of the Obama Administration, a liberal news outlet, and a gay rights group, all of...

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The Heritage Foundation reveals a deeply unsettling project by the campaign to reelect President Obama: "...This week, on the president’s ominous “Truth Team“ campaign website, his staff li...

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The GOPUSA Staff adds their comment to the FoxNews article from yesterday: "So much for an open, honest, and transparent Obama administration. As we have seen after several years of his team in a...

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Michael Warren at The Weekly Standard: The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), a pro-traditional marriage organization, alleges that confidential tax forms were either leaked or stolen from...

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Dear Marriage Supporter, Scandal is building over the release of one of NOM's confidential tax documents. The release of this document is due to either an IRS employee leak, someone hacking into ...

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FoxNews adds to the growing number of media outlets demanding answers: "...The National Organization for Marriage is on the warpath over the alleged breach. It has called for an IRS investigation...

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Jason Bradley of BigGovernment.com writes about the unfolding scandal NOM is beginning to uncover: If something as obvious as this happened to a liberal organization, you can bet the mainstream m...

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Alexis Levinson of The Daily Caller with an exclusive follow-up to this developing story: In response to allegations that the Internal Revenue Service improperly leaked financial information abou...

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The Christian Broadcasting Network: The National Organization for Marriage is demanding a criminal investigation after The Huffington Post published a copy of the group's 1099 private tax form, l...

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NOM co-founder Maggie Gallagher was interviewed by Bruce DePuyt on NewsTalk recently, discussing what's at stake when the IRS releases private information illegally:

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Mark Levin used his syndicated talk show last Friday to pick up on the Matt Lewis exclusive in the Daily Caller. Levin concluded the segment by saying he "wouldn't put anything past this administ...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 13, 2012 Contact: Anath Hartmann or Elizabeth Ray (703-683-5004) "We demand that federal authorities immediately launch an investigation into this crime...This is rem...

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Matt Lewis of The Daily Caller was given access in advance to our allegations against the IRS, HRC and the HuffingtonPost. His coverage made the front page of the Daily Caller and the front page ...

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Dear Marriage Supporter, The scandal over the release of confidential IRS information on the Human Rights Campaign's website grows. The more we at NOM look into this, the more it smells to high h...

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