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DB Capitol Strategies & TheTeaParty.net Providing pro-bono Help to Conservative Organizations Facing an IRS Assault
The IRS is being pushed by Democratic Senators to harass Conservative grassroots groups, including many in the TEA party. In the past few months the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has allowed petty politics to drive policy in unleashing an unprecedented campaign to bully the free speech of Conservative groups, especially tea party groups, that applied for 501(c)(4) tax-exempt status. After as much as 2 years of dead silence, the IRS has now sent letters to dozens of Conservative groups making unreasonable and unjustifiable demands for information.
- The IRS is seeking to force Conservative groups to disclose their donors - that has nothing to do with whether they qualify as a 501(c)(4), so why are they asking?
- The IRS is seeking to force disclosure of whether any donors, organizers, and even volunteers have ever or will ever run for office - - that has nothing to do with whether a group qualifies as a 501(c)(4), so why are they asking?
- The IRS is turning an application process into an audit - and targeting only new Conservative grassroots organizations in the process!
In the face of unprecedented harassment by an IRS turned political weapon, TheTeaParty.net is leading the charge to defend Conservative grassroots groups being harassed by the IRS.
- TheTeaParty.net has retained our firm, DB Capitol Strategies, to provide FREE legal assistance to Conservative groups faced with these unreasonable inquiries.
- Over past couple weeks, DB Capitol Strategies had gone on radio and TV across the country to publicize the situation and call for an end to the harassment.
- TheTeaParty.net & DB Capitol Strategies is building coalitions with other groups to advocate for Conservatives and draw attention to this outrage.
- We are working with Conservative allies on the Hill to prepare a firm legislative response to the IRS - and end the harassment!
If you have received a letter from the IRS - or know of any group that has - we are available to provide free legal assistance to you/them, courtesy of TheTeaParty.net. Contact us today at 202-210-5431 or via email at DBacker@DBCapitolStrategies.com.
For more on the IRS's actions and why they are unprecedented, unreasonable, and unconscionable, CLICK HERE to view our White Paper on the issue.
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 DB Capitol Strategies & Dan Backer, esq.
DB Capitol Strategies offers campaign finance & political law advisory to PACs, campaigns and candidates.
Our principal attorney, Dan Backer, is at the cutting edge of defending Free Speech and Association before the FEC. Most recently, Dan was lead counsel in the ground-breaking Carey v FEC case, which paved the way for Hybrid PACs by winning the right of any non-connected PAC to operate a "Carey Account" - in essence becoming SuperPACs.
Dan previously served as a legal policy analyst and subject matter expert in military and overseas voting for the Department of Defenses' Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP)
Dan earned his J.D. at George Mason University School of Law, a PAC Mgmt. Masters Certificate from George Washington, and a B.A. in Political Science from the Univ. of Massachusetts at Amherst. In 2009, Dan earned the American League of Lobbyists Professional Lobbying Certification (PLC). |
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 Former NRSC
General Counsel
Stephen M. Hoersting* brings campaign & litigation leadership to DB Capitol Strategies
The rapidly changing campaign finance laws are already the dominant theme of 2012's "most-expensive-yet" election. DB Capitol Strategies is pleased to have Stephen Hoersting, an innovator at the cutting edge of campaign finance law, join our firm. Steve brings tremendous experience advising campaigns and advancing free-speech for political organizations to our team.
Steve co-founded the Center for Competitive Politics (2005 to 2011) where he devised speech-protective projects, including co-counsel on SpeechNow.org v. FEC and Carey v FEC. Steve served as general counsel to the National Republican Senatorial Committee under then-chairman Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) from 2003 to 2005, where he advised 51 Senate offices and 34 campaigns in the first election under McCain-Feingold to help win seven of eight open seat races for U.S. Senator.
Steve also served as chief counsel to a vice chairman of the Federal Election Commission from 2000 to 2003, was a pre-publication commenter on John Samples' The Fallacy of Campaign Finance Reform, University of Chicago Press (2006) and a commentator and research assistant for Bradley A. Smith's Unfree Speech, Princeton Univ. Press (2001). He has published on campaign finance issues for the Cato Institute, the Election Law Journal, The Washington Times, Roll Call, The Weekly Standard and National Review Online; appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal, CNBC's Street Signs and offered expert testimony on Capitol Hill.
Steve earned his J.D. from Capital University Law School, cum laude, in 1996, and a B.A. in economics from The Ohio State University in 1990. He is an alumnus of the Institute for Humane Studies and served as The Federalist Society's Publications Chairman for its Free Speech and Election Law Practice Group.
Connect with Steve at SHoersting@DBCapitolStrategies.com
*This attorney is only licensed to practice in Ohio
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This information is not intended as legal advice, which turns on specific facts. Seek specific legal advice before acting with regard to the subjects mentioned herein. For more information, visit our website at www.DBCapitolStrategies.com. ©2012 DB Capitol Strategies PLLC, All rights reserved.
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