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==Background==

==Background==

The [[Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations]] during the 82nd Congress, known as the '''[[Cox Committee]]''', investigated tax-exempt foundations for [[subversion]] though did not conduct a thorough investigation. Although its final report exonerated major foundations of wrongdoing, it also recommended a new investigation to probe whether foundations exploited their tax-exempt status.

The [[Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations]] during the 82nd Congress, known as the '''[[Cox Committee]]''', investigated tax-exempt foundations for [[subversion]] though did not conduct a thorough investigation. Although its final report exonerated major foundations of wrongdoing,<ref name=fascinatingpolitics>FascinatingPolitics (December 22, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/12/22/the-reece-committee-on-foundations-conspiratorial-nonsense-or-an-expose-of-a-threat-to-the-nation/ The Reece Committee on Foundations: Conspiratorial Nonsense or an Expose of a Threat to the Nation?]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved September 24, 2021.</ref> it also recommended a new investigation to probe whether foundations exploited their tax-exempt status.<ref name=libertyuniversity>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 24, 2021.</ref>

[[B. Carroll Reece]], a [[Tennessee]] conservative Republican who was part of the Cox Committee, sought a do-over to thoroughly investigate subversion charges though did not focus on the potential tax-exempt exploitation aspect.

[[B. Carroll Reece]], a [[Tennessee]] conservative Republican who was part of the Cox Committee, sought a do-over to thoroughly investigate subversion charges though did not focus on the potential tax-exempt exploitation aspect.<ref name=libertyuniversity/>

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