Blog from the Capital

An editorial in the Des Moines Register offers this perspective today:

"This is nothing more than a nonprofit tax review," Grassley has said.

And his inquiry isn't about religion, as some critics have suggested. It's about congressional responsibility to ensure good governance. It's about tax-exempt status.
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Eventually, Congress could issue subpoenas requiring adequate responses.

If it comes to that, so be it. A refusal to answer questions makes one wonder what the televangelists have to hide. Tax-exempt organizations shouldn't be allowed to hide - regardless of their religious affiliation.