Obama administration moves to limit campaigning by political nonprofits

By Joseph Lawler

Published November 26, 2013 5:00am ET

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Obama administration moves to limit campaigning by political nonprofits — Assistant Treasury Secretary Mark Mazur said that the proposal, to be submitted for public comment later Tuesday, was a "first step" in clarifying "clear-cut definitions of political activity" for political nonprofits. | Carsten Reisinger

The Obama administration moved Tuesday to limit political campaigning by political nonprofits that are classified as tax-exempt social welfare organizations.

The Treasury announced that it would propose new rules to specify which campaign-like activities groups organized under 501(c)4 of the Internal Revenue Code can and cannot engage in.

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