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Ben Cardin: “I would be very interested as to how the IRS went about selecting all of the groups for review in addition to the ones…”

On the recordMay 20, 2013
I would be very interested as to how the IRS went about selecting all of the groups for review in addition to the ones that were selected because of the use of the words 'Tea Party,' or '9/12,' or 'Patriot,' which is absolutely wrong.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Senator Cardin questions the IRS's selection process for groups based on political terminology.

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