{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-introduces-bill-to-close-tax-loopholes-exploited-by-far-left-terrorist-organizations", "Cotton Introduces Bill to Close Tax Loopholes Exploited by Far-Left Terrorist Organizations", "2026-07-23", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "AR", "Tom Cotton", "C001095", "www.cotton.senate.gov", "cotton", "https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\nContact: Tatum Wallace or Hannah McCarthy\n\nJuly 23, 2026\n\nCotton Introduces Bill to Close Tax Loopholes Exploited by Far-Left Terrorist Organizations\n\nWashington, DC \u2014 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced legislation to eliminate tax loopholes exploited by far-left terrorist organizations. Under current law, a charity can collect tax-deductible donations and hand the money to a group that isn\u2019t a charity at all, which allows far-left radical groups\u2014like the Palestinian Youth Movement\u2014to manipulate the U.S. tax code. The Fiscal Sponsorship Transparency Act would force charities to report these arrangements and impose a steep tax when they blindly pass money along without any oversight to how it\u2019s spent.\n\nRepresentative Lloyd Smucker (Pennsylvania-11) introduced companion legislation in the House.\n\n\u201cFar-left terrorist organizations shouldn\u2019t be able to manipulate our tax code for their advantage. My bill would require public disclosure of these activities, tax the charities that don\u2019t control where their money is spent, and end tax write-offs for donors who bankroll these unchecked arrangements,\u201d said Senator Cotton.\n\nText of the bill can be found here.\n\nThe Fiscal Sponsorship Transparency Act would:\n\nMandate Form 990 disclosure of fiscal sponsorship arrangements.\n\nImpose an excise tax on improper conduit arrangements.\n\nDeny the charitable deduction for conduit contributions.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-24T07:30:11Z", "2026-07-24T07:31:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-introduces-bill-to-close-tax-loopholes-exploited-by-far-left-terrorist-organizations"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5740678645670414, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}