{"id":577693,"date":"2021-06-30T16:20:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T20:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=577693"},"modified":"2021-06-30T16:20:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T20:20:23","slug":"exclusive-rep-tenney-house-republicans-to-introduce-end-zuckerbucks-act-to-prohibit-tax-exempt-organizations-from-donating-to-election-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-tenney-house-republicans-to-introduce-end-zuckerbucks-act-to-prohibit-tax-exempt-organizations-from-donating-to-election-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Tenney, House Republicans To Introduce \u2018End Zuckerbucks Act\u2019 To Prohibit Tax Exempt Organizations From Donating To Election Organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-rep-tenney-house-republicans-to-introduce-end-zuckerbucks-act-to-prohibit-tax-exempt-organizations-from-donating-to-election-organizations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=577693&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-by-Ken-Cedeno-PoolGetty-Images-13121-e1625076445581.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Republican New York Rep. Claudia Tenney will introduce legislation Thursday that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit 501(c)(3) tax exempt organizations from providing direct funding to official election organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller first obtained the legislation, titled the \u201cEnd Zuckerbucks Act.\u201d The legislation would prohibit non-profits from providing direct funding to state and local election officials or risk losing their tax exempt status.<\/p>\n<p>A group of House Republicans, led by Tenney, previously sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/21\/house-republicans-letter-center-for-tech-civic-life-funds-election-mark-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter<\/a> to the \u201cleft-leaning\u201d group Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL), calling on them to detail expenditure of the hundreds of millions of dollars they received during the COVID-19 pandemic. They alleged in the letter that the group spent less than 1% on personal protective equipment (PPE).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCivic engagement is a vitally important part of our democracy. But what we saw in the 2020 election with private donors channeling money directly to government election agencies with zero transparency or accountability is not civic engagement, it\u2019s election interference. Private donors like Mark Zuckerberg poured money into the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL), a left-leaning non-profit. CTCL then funneled this money directly to Boards of Elections in overwhelmingly Democratic precincts, using it as leverage to tell these agencies what to do and how to do it,\u201d Tenney told the Daily Caller before introducing the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis kind of influence operation by a third-party undermines public confidence in the democratic process. It should not have happened, and the End Zuckerbucks Act will make sure it never does again,\u201d Tenney added.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cEnd Zuckerbucks Act\u201d has 11 original co-sponsors: North Carolina Rep Dan. Bishop, New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, Arkansas Rep. Steve Womack,&nbsp; Utah Rep. Blake Moore, Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert, Texas Rep. Chip Roy, Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks, Indiana Rep. Jim Banks and Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Kelly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THE BILL HERE:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View (DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) -- TENNEY_031_xml[4] on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/513678995\/DAILY-CALLER-OBTAINED-TENNEY-031-xml-4#from_embed\">(DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) \u2014 \u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View Henry Rodgers&#039;s profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/527927298\/Henry-Rodgers#from_embed\">Henry Rodgers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tenney <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/21\/house-republicans-letter-center-for-tech-civic-life-funds-election-mark-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mentioned<\/a> Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearinvestigations.com\/articles\/2021\/05\/26\/how_zuckerberg_millions_paid_for_progressives_to_work_with_2020_vote_officials_nationwide_778300.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">donation<\/a> of $350 million to the CTCL earlier in June, claiming that the money was actually used for \u201cGet Out the Vote\u201d efforts and electioneering instead of on PPE. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/21\/house-republicans-letter-center-for-tech-civic-life-funds-election-mark-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Demand To Know How A Left-Leaning Group Allegedly Channeled Private Funds To Election Agencies)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMark Zuckerberg channeled $350 million to government agencies during the 2020 election with zero transparency or accountability, and he used the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) to do it, a left leaning nonprofit. CTCL said the money was for PPE, but it was actually used for Get Out the Vote efforts and electioneering. It is no surprise that the vast majority of CTCL\u2019s \u2018Zuckerbucks\u2019 ended up in predominantly Democratic counties,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/12\/claudia-tenney-andrew-cuomo-resign-covering-nursing-home-deaths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tenney<\/a> told the Daily Caller. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/23\/gop-letter-texas-elections-private-funding-harris-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Call For Answers From Texas Elections Administrator Over Private Funding For Elections)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tenney and the co-sponsors will hold a press conference to speak about the legislation Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican New York Rep. 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