T Alert: NJ Senate Gun Vote Today; IRS Scandal

May 13, 2013, 12:30 PM     Dear Members and Friends,   The New Jersey State Senate is expected to vote, this afternoon, on eleven gun control bills which made it out of committee late last week.   If you live in Jersey, please call your State Senator immediately and instruct him/her to vote against this legislation.    The following link will help you identify and contact your Senator:    http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/legsearch.asp     Also, the Association released the following press statement (below) on the IRS scandal.    Association President, Teri Adams, is expected to appear on NBC Nightly News, tonight (6:30 PM), to discuss our call for a special prosecutor.   On behalf of the Association Board, Don Adams

For Immediate Release  Contact:  Don Adams, 215.620.3055                 Cort Rosholt, 609.354.8767     Group Demands Special Prosecutor Be Appointed to Investigate  IRS Scandal; Suggests Obama Administration Could Be Implicated   Philadelphia, PA (May 13, 2013) --  The Independence Hall Tea Party Association, the largest independent Tea Party group in the Tri-State region, is calling on the Obama Administration to appoint a special prosecutor to get to the bottom of the recent IRS scandal.    A rather peculiar and curiously-timed statement issued this past Friday, by mid-level IRS administrator Lois Lerner, said that the agency had been singling out Tea Party and Patriot groups who filed for 501c tax-exempt status by forcing them to undergo additional burdensome scrutiny above and beyond the standard application process.    IRS intimidation of conservative groups has been ongoing since 2010.    "None of this is news to the Independence Hall Tea Party Association," said Association President Teri Adams.  "Due to our concerns with the Obama Administration's influence over the IRS, the Association decided not to file for federal tax-exempt status."    "In addition, unlike most Tea Party groups across the nation, we formed a federal PAC to handle political endorsements and activities--making it less likely that we would become targets of an IRS inquiry.    "The harassment of conservative groups by an arm of the US government is frightening, un-American, and Nixonesque," said Ms. Adams.    "We call on the Obama Administration to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the IRS and any other government entity or official linked to this brewing scandal.  This would include anyone directly or indirectly connected to the Obama Administration.    "As for the IRS, the Association, like everyone else, is waiting for the full report of the Treasury Department's Inspector General--which is expected in the next few days.    "The Inspector General's report, we insist, should signal the beginning of a more thorough investigation--not the last word in this highly explosive affair."                                                 #   #   #