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The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee will file a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission Monday against politically active conservative groups operating under tax-exempt status, Yahoo News has confirmed. The organizations under fire from the DSCC include Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, Americans for Prosperity and the 60 Plus Association, which have already spent millions on advertisements targeting President Barack Obama this election cycle. They operate as "social welfare" groups under section 501(c)4 of the tax code, which prohibits them from making political activism their primary function, although legally, the term is vaguely defined. Liberals and conservatives both use groups like these to fund political causes and can accept unlimited amounts of corporate and union donations, but unlike super PACs, they are not required to disclose the names of their benefactors and cannot directly support or oppose a candidate for office. The news was ...