Nonprofits such as the Nature Conservancy, the Red Cross and the Smithsonian Institute all have endured uncomfortable probes by Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, watchdog of the Senate.
Now it's a much different group of tax-exempt operations - televangelists - that are having their spending practices questioned by the senator.
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This is a straightforward report on what Grassley has asked in his investigation letters, comments to date from recipients and the backlash to date. There is no investigative journalism here -- it's just a report on what the principals are saying. As such, it's pretty good.
Grassley's investigation is probably a good idea, but why now and why these particular groups? Maybe he knows things he is not telling.
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