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IRS Ends 2-Year Probe Of NAACP's Tax Status: Leader's Criticism of Bush in 2004 Did Not Violate Law, Agency Decides

Date: September 1, 2006

Author: Darryl Fears

QUOTE: If the NAACP were stripped of the status, donors would not be allowed to claim contributions to the group on income tax returns. Federal law requires tax-exempt nonprofit organizations to be politically nonpartisan.

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Key People:

• Sen. Lamar Alexander
• Rep. Jo Ann S. Davis
• Julian Bond
• Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Esq.
• President George W. Bush
• Mark W. Everson
• Senator Susan Collins
• Bruce S. Gordon
• Rep. Larry Combest
• Rep. Joe Scarborough

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• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
• Washington Post Newspaper

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      • Free Speech: Political / Political Correctness

• Social Sciences & Groups
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• North America
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