Politico sent an email to all Senate press offices requesting personal tax information from each Senator. The information they collect, including info on who does not respond, will be part of a database that they will construct.
How are the Senators dealing with this request?
An FBDC source says "the e-mail has created a raging controversy among the Senate press offices over whether to respond or not. Many staffers believe it is meant to intimidate each office into complying."
It will be interesting to see the results. Here is the email that was sent.
From: FBDC DELETED NAMESent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 10:12 AM
To:Subject: Tax Story
Hey XXX,
We're doing a story about how all 100 senators prepare their taxes, and we're putting together a chart of how everyone responded and whether people didn't respond. My editors want to start posting answers this weekend, so we'd like answers by end of the day Friday, if possible.
You may recall that we did something similar last year in asking all 100 senators about their mortgages. Here's just one story from that series.
Thanks for your help, I appreciate it. Feel free to contact me with any questions.
Here are the questions:
1. Do you prepare your own taxes?2. If not, who does?3. Have you or the IRS ever discovered an error on a tax return you've filed?4. Have you ever paid back taxes?5. If the answer to either 3 or 4 is yes, please explain.
NAME DELETED BY FBDC
Politico
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