<human>: Can you give me a shortened version of the text?

The Hatch act says that government employees can't advance a political agenda.  However, the job of the IRS employees in question was to ensure that organizations that claimed tax free status, were in fact non-political charity and social welfare organizations.  A criminal prosecution can't happen in this matter, because there is a blatant contradiction if you say that the IRS was engaging in politically motivated audits against organizations that are non-political.  In one sentence, the GOP pretends that the groups were discriminated against because of their political nature.  But, if these Tea Party groups were political, instead of social welfare groups that distributed tea to homeless people, then they were in fact breaking the law.  And, it's the job of the IRS agents to catch law breakers.  

That being said, if it were revealed that the IRS has done next to no audits of companies that had left-leaning political names, there would in fact be a scandal.  However, I know this isn't true.  I had a friend with a a barely-functional non-profit that helped educate kids in Africa, and he got audited.  The IRS audits a lot of people, and if agents find a good way to catch law breakers, then they found a good way to catch law breakers.  I have a friend in an environmental organization that has been audited, partly out of concern for a political organization.  

If the IRS can't consider the name of an organization when determining whether or not an organization is political, what else can the IRS not consider?   It's mission statement?  It's activities?  And after all of this, we are talking about AN AUDIT.  If the organization isn't breaking the law, then there are no charges and no additional tax fees.
<bot>: I don't believe that organizations with tea party in their name are likely to be non-political.  The IRS agents were doing their job.