The House passed legislation that gives the Treasury Department authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism. MSNBC's Ayman Mohyeldin is joined by Kia Hamadanchy, senior federal policy counsel at the ACLU, to discuss the bill.

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Republicans in the House, with support from some Democrats, advanced a bill granting the executive branch wide authority to strip nonprofits of tax-exempt status, potentially targeting environmental groups.Lois Parshley and Freddy Brewster report for The Lever.In short:The House passed the Stop Terr...

Republicans push new bill targeting environmental nonprofits

Just weeks after Donald Trump's election, the House has advanced a bill that could give his administration a truly jarring amount of power. That bill is H.R. 9495, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, which allows the secretary of the treasury to designate any nonprofit—from NPR to abortion funds—as a “terrorist-supporting organization” and revoke its tax-exempt status. By a 219-184 margin on Thursday afternoon, …

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House Passes Bill That Could Give Trump Admin. Power to Shut Down Any Nonprofit

Legislation dubbed the “nonprofit killer” faces backlash over potential threats to free speech and civil liberties.

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House passes bill granting Treasury power to shut down nonprofits without evidence, sparking free speech alarm

On Thursday, the United States House of Representatives approved legislation that would threaten nonprofit organizations’ exercise of free speech rights. The legislation would accomplish this goal by empowering the US government to selectively clamp down on nonprofits to an extent that targeted organizations may cease to exist. This is all being done in the name of countering terrorism, a trusty standby excuse for the US government exercising au…

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House of Representatives Approves Legislation Threatening Nonprofits’ Free Speech - The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity

The U.S. House just passed H.R. 9495 — a bill that would grant the incoming Trump administration the power to shut down organizations they don’t like by revoking their nonprofit status.We can’t let this happen, Suzanne. It would have a chilling effect on our ability to fight for climate justice and oppose fossil fuel projects. But we can still stop this bill in its tracks in the Senate if we amplify our outrage before H.R. 9495 can come to a vot…

House passes bill that would give Trump administration broad power to kill nonprofits

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