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IRS Gives Obama’s Church the “All Clear” Following Investigation

22 May 2008

The Internal Revenue Service has concluded that Senator Barack Obama’s church, the United Church of Christ, did not violate nonprofit tax laws when Senator Obama addressed the denomination’s 50th anniversary General Synod in June 2007. You may recall that the IRS was investigating the denomination claiming that it had “reasonable belief” that the circumstances surrounding [...]

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Obama’s Church Gets a Little Help From the Man Upstairs

5 March 2008

No, not that man upstairs. I mean Seth P. Waxman, a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. Waxman’s firm has agreed to represent the United Church of Christ on a pro bono basis during the IRS investigation of the church’s tax-exempt status. The entire denomination’s status is at risk due to the IRS [...]

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Obama’s Speech Interests IRS

29 February 2008

The IRS is serious about the rules which prohibit non-profit organizations, including churches, from supporting candidates or political parties. Just a few week after the IRS mailed a lengthy letter to First Baptist Church of Buena Park pastor Wiley S. Drake advising that he was being investigated for his 2007 support of presidential hopeful Mike [...]

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