The Obama administration proposed a crackdown on the use of tax-exempt organizations for political campaigning, seeking to reduce the influential role that the groups have played in recent elections.
The new "guidance" issued by the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service would curtail a broad array of these tax-exempt entities' activities, including campaign advertising, voter registration, get-out-the-vote efforts, and distribution of voter guides and campaign materials.
The use of these organizations became a prominent issue in recent campaigns when groups such as the conservative Crossroads GPS raised millions of dollars from donors.
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