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PASTOR CREFLO DOLLAR AND BISHOP EDDIE LONG DISREGARD GRASSLEY'S DEADLINE: Two pastors respond with letters, not financial records.
But, at the end of the deadline, Grassley had only received records from Joyce Meyer. Pastor Creflo Dollar and Bishop Eddie Long won't be submitting their records. Instead, the two Georgia-based pastors have sent letters.
In the letters attorneys for both pastors cited Constitutional rights as one of the reasons they would not be complying with the senator's request.
According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Dollar's letter says, in part, that religious doctrine and practices should not be held out for the world to evaluate as a result of responding to Congressional inquiries and Grassley should get a subpoena or refer his request for a review to the Internal Revenue Service.
Long's response, according to the paper, said Grassley's request "clearly disregards the privacy protections of the Church under law and appears cross the line of Constitutional guarantees for churches."
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, told the paper in a written statement that he's not interested in doctrine. He wants to make sure that media are not abusing their tax-exempt status.
Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, Paula and Randy White, and Benny Hinn also did not submit their records by the deadline.
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