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Steve Cohen: “I would urge you to also enact legislation that creates a permanent protection so that the IRS is not--and any IRS…”

On the recordApril 18, 2016
I would urge you to also enact legislation that creates a permanent protection so that the IRS is not--and any IRS employee is prohibited by law from utilizing the publicly filed campaign finance reports and published reports of donor information as a basis for targeting citizens and taxpayers for audit.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen calls for legislation to protect citizens from IRS targeting based on donor information.

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