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David Cicilline: “The poor handling of tax-exempt applications at the IRS was a direct result of the Supreme Court's obliterating our…”

On the recordApril 18, 2016
The poor handling of tax-exempt applications at the IRS was a direct result of the Supreme Court's obliterating our campaign finance system in Citizens United.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline links IRS issues to the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.

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