February 26, 2014 3:38PM # Proposed IRS Rulemaking Would Chill Public Advocacy By [Caleb O. Brown](https://www.cato.org/people/caleb-o-brown) --- SHARE Tomorrow ends the comment period for a proposed IRS rule that would change the way groups from the Sierra Club to the NRA advocate on behalf of their members. By defining “candidate-related political activity” as the rule has, election time could compel these groups to scrub their websites and Twitter feeds of almost any mention of political candidates. On March 4, [join us for an event exploring the proposed rule](https://www.cato.org/events/censorship-through-tax-code-how-proposed-irs-rules-social-welfare-groups-stifles-political). And you can learn more by listening to [today’s Cato Daily Podcast with Allen Dickerson](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/daily-podcast/proposed-irs-rules-would-chill-public-advocacy), legal director of the Center for Competitive Politics. You can always [subscribe to the podcast here](http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/cato-daily-podcast/id158961219). ##### Related Tags [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Regulation](https://www.cato.org/regulatory-studies), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).