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Congressman Renews Push for IRS Investigation of HSUS
In April 2010, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer of Missouri wrote Lois G. Lerner, director of the IRS’s tax-exempt organizations division, to inform her that the Humane Society of the United States—unaffiliated with local humane societies—may have been engaging in excessive attempts to influence public policy in violation of the rules for nonprofits. Over the past week in the growing IRS scandal, Lerner has emerged as an IRS official who reportedly had knowledge that the agency was politically targeting groups in 2010, and at least one Congressman has accused her of lying to him. And yesterday, it emerged that Lerner is an “active member” of HSUS—or at least was around the time of Rep. Luetkemeyer’s letter, according to her biography in advance of an Oct. 2010 speech. -
HSUS Loses Again With the “Egg Bill”
The egg bill, federal legislation that would ban the most common form of hen housing used in the United States, has been reintroduced in Congress. It is backed by the Humane Society of United States and the United Egg Producers, a trade group. And it appears that its odds this year are once again slim, as the bill was not included by its Senate co-sponsor during markup of the farm bill. -
HSUS VP’s Operation Had Inhumane Violations
It’s not really news that someone in HSUS’s leadership would trash today’s farmers. HSUS VP Paul Shapiro thinks eating meat causes animal cruelty. HSUS food policy director Matt Prescott has compared farms to concentration camps. But the latest bilge of attacks on farmers is coming from a hog farmer himself: Joe Maxwell.
