Let's hear it for Senator Charles Grassley.

Surely this is worth a cheer or two:

Joyce Meyer Ministries is a target of GOP senator's probe
By Deirdre Shesgreen
POST-DISPATCH WASHINGTON BUREAU
11/06/2007

WASHINGTON — The top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee has launched a wide-ranging investigation into the financial dealings of six TV evangelists, including Joyce Meyer, the popular preacher who has built a $124-million-a-year empire headquartered in Fenton.

On Monday, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, asked Meyer to provide his staff with documents detailing the finances of the Joyce Meyer Ministries, including the religious group's compensation to Meyer, her husband and other family members, as well as an accounting of their housing allowances, gifts and credit card statements for the last several years.

Many of the requests track information about the ministry revealed by the Post-Dispatch in a 2003 series.

In his five-page letter, Grassley also asked Meyer for:

— A "detailed accounting" of all her and her husband's expense-account items, including clothing and cosmetic surgery.

— Information about any overseas bank accounts and deposits made outside the U.S. after international evangelical crusades.

— The tax-exempt purpose of items purchased for her ministry's headquarters, such as a $23,000 marble-topped commode, a $30,000 conference table and an $11,219 French clock.

— A detailed accounting of total monthly expenses for upkeep on the Meyers' personal residence, and any vacation homes, from 2004 to the present.

— An explanation of any personal use of the ministries' tax-exempt assets, including "jets, employees, facilities," from 2004 to the present.

— An explanation for how personal gifts from donors, such as money or jewelry, are handled and reported to the IRS. MORE
Read the Congressional letter sent Joyce Meyer (PDF file)
Other ministries targeted by Grassley inquiry:
Read previous stories on the Joyce Meyer Ministries

The letter was one of six the Republican senator sent Monday to media-oriented ministers around the country.

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You know, snow that's been driven over quite a bit.

in my answer. Guess I should have. You may not be familiar with the appearance of snow that's been driven over a lot: it's rather filthy.

When you finish with the evangelists, how about...

Haliburton/KBR
Blackwater

Then, could you listen to the whistleblowers and let Sibel Edmonds talk?

Thank you very much.

and let out a small cheer.

Joyce Meyer and her mega-church are in my county. And many people would rather see them moved out.

This may have no teeth since he has no legal right to information from a religious charity except as relates to government funds received, or actions to evade paying taxes legally owed.

Grassley is real good at talk..not so much when it comes to results.