Senate ethics complaints filed against 10 Senators

“These senators improperly attempted to use the IRS to suppress the free speech of American citizens for their party’s electoral gain,” said Brad Smith, chairman of the Center and a former Chairman of the Federal Election Commission. “We will fight this type of abuse of power and work to ensure that those who have violated Senate Ethics rules are held to account.”

The 10 Democrat Senators with ethics complaints filed over their attempts to suppress political activity using the Internal Revenue Service, along with the year of their next reelection campaign, organized for your convenience:

Senator	Party	State	Last Election	Next Election	Opponent
Harry Reid	Democrat	Nevada	2010	2016
Dick Durbin	Democrat	Illinois	2008	2014	Jim Oberweis
Chuck Schumer	Democrat	New York	2010	2016
Carl Levin	Democrat	Michigan	2008	N/A (2014)
Michael Bennet	Democrat	Colorado	2010	2016
Sheldon Whitehouse	Democrat	Rhode Island	2012	2018
Jeanne Shaheen	Democrat	New Hampshire	2008	2014
Al Franken	Democrat	Minnesota	2008	2014
Jeff Merkley	Democrat	Oregon	2008	2014	Monica Wehby
Tom Udall	Democrat	New Mexico	2008	2014	Allen Weh

Note how many have reelection campaigns in 2014. Chuck Schumer's seat is probably safe, but he has a leadership position in the Senate so he's helping his friends. Harry Reid of course is the Senate Majority Leader. (The ethics complaint against him was filed separately, and focused on Reid's constant attacks on the Koch brothers from the Senate floor).

UPDATE: I have located the complaint.

This entry was published Wed Jun 04 10:47:19 CDT 2014 by TriggerFinger and last updated 2014-06-08 20:35:42.0. [Tweet]

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