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Patman voted for the resolutions in 1952<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/82-1952/h133 H RES 561. RESOLUTION CREATING A SELECT COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 23, 2021.</ref> and 1953<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1953/h61 H RES 217. RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT A FULL AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF EDUCA- TIONAL AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM FED. INCOME TAXATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 23, 2021.</ref> which established and re-established the [[Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations]].<ref name=fascinatingpoliticsbio/> They were known as the '''[[Cox Committee]]''' and '''[[Reece Committee]]''' in the 82nd and 83rd Congress respectively, named after their chairmen [[Eugene E. Cox]] of [[Georgia]] and [[B. Carroll Reece]] of [[Tennessee]].

Patman voted for the resolutions in 1952<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/82-1952/h133 H RES 561. RESOLUTION CREATING A SELECT COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 23, 2021.</ref> and 1953<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1953/h61 H RES 217. RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT A FULL AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF EDUCA- TIONAL AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM FED. INCOME TAXATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 23, 2021.</ref> which established and re-established the [[Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations]].<ref name=fascinatingpoliticsbio/> They were known as the '''[[Cox Committee]]''' and '''[[Reece Committee]]''' in the 82nd and 83rd Congress respectively, named after their chairmen [[Eugene E. Cox]] of [[Georgia]] and [[B. Carroll Reece]] of [[Tennessee]].

Although the Cox Committee's investigation was not very in-depth and the final report whitewashed [[subversive]] activities by tax-exempt major foundations, it quietly recommended a new probe to determine whether foundations used their privileges for the purpose of [[tax evasion]].<ref>Samson, Steven Alan. [https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1291&context=gov_fac_pubs Charity For All: B. Carroll Reece and the Tax-Exempt Foundations]. ''Liberty University''. Retrieved September 23, 2021.</ref> Although Reece ignored this aspect and only focused on subversion, Patman took the initiative to investigate further.

Although the Cox Committee's investigation was not very in-depth and the final report whitewashed [[subversive]] activities by tax-exempt major foundations, it quietly recommended a new probe to determine whether foundations used their privileges for the purpose of [[tax evasion]].<ref>Samson, Steven Alan. [https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1291&context=gov_fac_pubs Charity For All: B. Carroll Reece and the Tax-Exempt Foundations]. ''Liberty University''. Retrieved September 23, 2021.</ref>

 

Although Reece ignored this aspect and only focused on subversion, Patman took the initiative to investigate further. As the chair of the Select Committee on Small Business (known as the '''Patman Committee'''), the published 1963 report attacked foundations amidst new monopolies were subsidized at taxpayer expense.<ref name=fascinatingpoliticsbio/> It also unearthed the [[CIA]] funneling money to groups with no government connections.

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