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House panel to formally question IRS commissioner Friday
Yahoo News ^ | 13 May 2013 | Chris Moody,

Posted on 05/13/2013 2:41:29 PM PDT by mandaladon

The House Ways and Means Committee has scheduled a formal hearing Friday to probe the Internal Revenue Service for placing heavier scrutiny on conservative groups that applied for nonprofit status between 2010 and 2012. IRS Commissioner Steve Miller and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George are expected to testify Friday morning during the hearing, which committee leaders said would examine the agency's "practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings." The IRS last week apologized for targeting groups that advocate for limited government by requiring them to fulfill onerous requirements before receiving tax-exempt status. A report from the inspector general detailing the agency's practices is expected to be published later this week. "News that the agency admits it targeted American taxpayers based on politics is both astounding and appalling," said Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, a Michigan Republican, in a written statement. "The Committee on Ways and Means will get to the bottom of this practice and ensure it never takes place again.” President Barack Obama addressed the IRS' behavior during a brief press conference Monday, calling it, if true, "outrageous."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazy; corruption; govtabuse; irs; irsbrownshirts; irsscandalhearing; specialprosecutor; teaparty
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"If, in fact, IRS personnel engaged in the kind of practices that have been reported on and were intentionally targeting conservative groups, then that's outrageous, and there is no place for it," ..................There'e no question in my military mind that Obama minions were intentionally targeting conservative groups. I want those responsible to be held accountable and the proper punishment applied...sorry isn't enough.
1 posted on 05/13/2013 2:41:29 PM PDT by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

under oath?


2 posted on 05/13/2013 2:42:47 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: mandaladon

With all the Obama scandals emerging, Congress is going to be busy.


3 posted on 05/13/2013 2:43:42 PM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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To: mandaladon

Marco Rubio: IRS Commissioner Should Resign

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) called on the IRS commissioner to resign on Monday, following the agency’s admission that it targeted conservative political groups during the 2012 election cycle.

“[I]t is clear the IRS cannot operate with even a shred of the American people’s confidence under the current leadership,” Rubio said in a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew. “I strongly urge that you and President Obama demand the IRS Commissioner’s resignation, effectively immediately. No government agency that has behaved in such a manner can possibly instill any faith and respect from the American public.”

Rubio spokesman Alex Conant told The Huffington Post that the letter refers to acting IRS commissioner Steven T. Miller, who served as deputy commissioner for services and enforcement when the targeting occurred. A replacement for former commissioner and Bush appointee Douglas H. Shulman has not been nominated. Shulman’s term expired in mid-November.

UPDATE: 3:25 p.m. — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also called on Miller to resign amid the controversy, telling National Review Monday that President Obama should also take some responsibility.

“Believe me, if this was a Republican administration doing all this, the New York Times and Washington Post would be in absolute meltdown,” McConnell said. “They all take their cues from the tone expressed by the president, and he’s made it clear that this administration is perfectly willing to crack down on critics.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/13/marco-rubio-irs_n_3266508.html


4 posted on 05/13/2013 2:44:43 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Doogle

yes, make sure the bastard is under oath so any perjury will nail him when asked about Zero’s involvement.


5 posted on 05/13/2013 2:44:53 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: mandaladon
What Obama’s IRS did was illegal and unconstitutional: targeting conservative groups during an election , an enemies list etc.. the IRS actually prevented several conservative groups from forming opposition to Obama’s election. This invalidates the 1012 election.

So Impeach Obama.

But in all this don't forget that Congress is trying to sneak pass a country destroying , 800 page, Amnesty bill that will eventually let in 100 million 3rd world immigrants( relatives of the Amnestied )

6 posted on 05/13/2013 2:46:31 PM PDT by Democrat_media (D's & Mary Landrieu voted 4 UN to take away our 2nd amendment rights)
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To: Doogle

I think all testimony to Congress is considered under oath since it is illegal to lie to Congress. That said, no one has IIRC ever been convicted of lying to Congress.


7 posted on 05/13/2013 2:47:23 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama's Chechens are coming home...to roost.)
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To: mandaladon
Steven Miller

Oct. 10, 2012

The IRS announced Wednesday that Steven Miller would become the agency's acting commissioner after its current chief, Doug Shulman, steps down Nov. 9.

Douglas Shulman

8 posted on 05/13/2013 2:48:30 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Democrat_media

” But in all this don’t forget that Congress is trying to sneak pass a country destroying , 800 page, Amnesty bill that will eventually let in 100 million 3rd world immigrants( relatives of the Amnestied ) “

EXACTLY.


9 posted on 05/13/2013 2:48:57 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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To: mandaladon

Current IRS commissioner took lead in assuring Congress that Tea Party scrutiny was legitimate

WASHINGTON — When members of Congress repeatedly raised concerns with the Internal Revenue Service about complaints that Tea Party groups were being harassed last year, a deputy IRS commissioner took the lead in assuring lawmakers that the additional scrutiny was a legitimate part of the screening process.

That deputy commissioner was Steven T. Miller, who is now the acting head of the agency.

In several letters to members of Congress, Miller went into painstaking detail about how applications for tax-exempt status were screened. But he never mentioned that conservative groups were being targeted, a fact that was known to people he oversaw, according to an upcoming report by the agency’s inspector general.

In one 10-page response, Miller said a revenue agent uses “sound reasoning based on tax law training” to determine which applications for tax-exempt status need additional scrutiny.

“We are going to need to find out how much he knew,” said Rep. Dave Camp, R- Mich., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Camp is holding a hearing on the issue Friday and Miller is scheduled to testify.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/senator-obama-should-personally-condemn-irs-targeting-of-conservative-political-groups/2013/05/13/2ab793de-bb9d-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html


10 posted on 05/13/2013 2:50:41 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: kcvl

I don’t want the commissioner to resign.

I want him to fire every single person that either participated in this, or knew about it and didn’t object.

Then, he can resign.


11 posted on 05/13/2013 2:50:57 PM PDT by justlurking (tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

None of the responses they received from the IRS acknowledged that conservative groups had ever been targeted.

“They really failed to disclose to us what they were up to, even though we obviously had a concern that they were targeting taxpayers for their political beliefs,” Camp said. “Given all of that attention, they had an obligation and duty to come forward with this information.”


12 posted on 05/13/2013 2:51:50 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: mandaladon

hussein “unfamiliar” with this.

I wouldn’t believe anything some murderous islamist bastard might say. Especially him.


13 posted on 05/13/2013 2:52:28 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: Proud2BeRight

My thought too! It’s amazing the way all of these scandals have blossomed at once. I really think that once the Benghazi whistle blowers had the courage to come forward, other people started getting their nerve up to do the same.


14 posted on 05/13/2013 2:53:13 PM PDT by livius
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To: kcvl

Thanks.


15 posted on 05/13/2013 2:54:14 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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To: stephenjohnbanker
Rush and Hannity covered Benghazi and IRS scandal but not a peep about this country destroying Amnesty bill Congress is trying to sneak pass. I did hear ads ON THEIR shows with Rubio on them pushing this Amnesty (saying this evil Amnesty bill is “conservative” because Rubio is for it) amazing evil .email Rush and Hannity.
16 posted on 05/13/2013 2:55:14 PM PDT by Democrat_media (D's & Mary Landrieu voted 4 UN to take away our 2nd amendment rights)
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To: mandaladon

Arab Spring Summer Impeachment

I love it. The ‘system’ working.

You can bulldoze, harrange and impune and lie but you can not hide.. Lady Liberty may be blind but she ain’t daff


17 posted on 05/13/2013 2:56:24 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: stephenjohnbanker
Rush and Hannity covered Benghazi and IRS scandal but not a peep about this country destroying Amnesty bill Congress is trying to sneak pass. Today I did hear ads ON THEIR shows with Rubio on them pushing this Amnesty (saying this evil Amnesty bill is “conservative” because Rubio is for it) amazing evil .email Rush and Hannity.
18 posted on 05/13/2013 2:56:42 PM PDT by Democrat_media (D's & Mary Landrieu voted 4 UN to take away our 2nd amendment rights)
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To: justlurking

Making him the fall guy lets those above him get away with the crime. The Administration is busy building a wall between IRS and the WH.


19 posted on 05/13/2013 2:57:06 PM PDT by kabar
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To: mandaladon

March 20, 2013 letter to IRS

In Re: $60,000 of taxpayer’s money used by the IRS to make parody videos of Gilligan’s Island & Star Trek...(employee training)

http://waysandmeans.house.gov/uploadedfiles/irs_tv-movie_parodies.pdf


20 posted on 05/13/2013 2:57:08 PM PDT by kcvl
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